Lebanese Leaders Urge Calm Following Gemayel Assassination

Lebanese leaders are urging calm while the country observes three days of mourning following Tuesday's assassination of an anti-Syrian cabinet member.

Industry Minister Pierre Gemayel was shot in a Beirut suburb in an attack anti-Syrian Lebanese leaders blame on Syria. Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Siniora says the country will not be intimidated. Gemayel's father Amin, a former Lebanese president, urged restraint as protesters took to the streets in parts of Beirut.

Mourners also gathered in Bikfaya, where Gemayel's coffin was brought to his family's home. Lebanon canceled all festivities for its Independence Day today (Wednesday).

The international community condemned the assassination. The United States called the killing an act of intimidation against Lebanon's elected government.

Gemayel is the latest anti-Syrian politician to be assassinated in Lebanon in the past two years. Syria has denied any role in any of the killings.

黎巴嫩领导人敦促民众保持冷静。与此同时，黎巴嫩举国上下为星期二被刺杀的反叙利亚内阁成员杰马耶勒举行三天的哀悼。

黎巴嫩工业部长杰马耶勒是在贝鲁特郊外遭到枪击，反叙利亚的黎巴嫩领导人认为叙利亚制造了这起事件。黎巴嫩总理西尼乌拉说，黎巴嫩不会被吓倒。杰马耶勒的父亲、黎巴嫩前总统阿明敦促民众保持克制，与此同时抗议者走上街头，在贝鲁特的部分地区示威游行。

悼念者聚集现在比克费亚，杰马耶勒的灵柩已经被送回他在比克费亚的家中。黎巴嫩取消了原定星期三独立日的所有庆祝活动。

国际社会谴责这次暗杀行动。美国说这次暗杀是对黎巴嫩民选政府的恫吓。

杰马耶勒是两年来在黎巴嫩被杀害的几名反叙利亚政治人士之一。叙利亚否认与暗杀事件有关。