{"id":61215,"date":"2020-12-21T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-12-21T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/61215\/lebanese-military-photographer-murdered-in-front-of-his-kids-this-morning"},"modified":"2020-12-21T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-12-21T00:00:00","slug":"lebanese-military-photographer-murdered-in-front-of-his-kids-this-morning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/61215\/lebanese-military-photographer-murdered-in-front-of-his-kids-this-morning\/","title":{"rendered":"Lebanese Military Photographer Murdered In Front Of His Kids This Morning"},"content":{"rendered":"Troubling news this morning as it was revealed that military photographer Joe Bejjany was murdered by two gunmen. <br \/>  <br \/>  Bejjany <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mtv.com.lb\/en\/News\/1134459\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\">was reportedly<\/a> about to drive his kids to school when two men shot him as he got in the car, right outside his house in the area of Kehhale. <br \/>  <br \/>    <blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Photographer Joe Bejjany killed this morning by two gunmen in his car in Kahalleh .. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Lebanon?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Lebanon<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NhZapFJyQl\">pic.twitter.com\/NhZapFJyQl<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Larissa Aoun (@LarissaAounSky) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LarissaAounSky\/status\/1340968573242667008?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 21, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>  <br \/>  <br \/>  He is known for his extensive work with the Lebanese army, working as a forensic photographer with them. Bejjany is also known for his work photographing the aftermath of the Beirut port explosion.<br \/>  <br \/>  The circumstances surrounding Bejjany&#8217;s death are murky, with no details having been revealed as of yet.<br \/>  <br \/>    <blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Kahale Mayor: A large team infiltrated the region and killed young man, Joe Bejjani, as he was driving to work; we want to know the motive of the crime, especially since the young man does not have any personal issue with anyone, and he is loved by many<\/p>\u2014 Mount Lebanon Daily  (@mountlebdaily) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mountlebdaily\/status\/1340965214989201410?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 21, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>  <br \/>  <br \/>  May he rest in peace, and may his murderers be punished to the fullest extent of the law. <br \/>  <br \/>    <blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I am sorry <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JoeBejjany?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@JoeBejjany<\/a>! You taught your children how to be good citizens but the State failed you, the security forces failed you and failed to provide a safe environment for you and your family! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LebISF?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@LebISF<\/a> the least you can do is arrest the criminals and punish them! The LEAST! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/aFss0nh2SF\">https:\/\/t.co\/aFss0nh2SF<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Marwan Abdallah (@marwanabdalah) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/marwanabdalah\/status\/1340954521414057986?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 21, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Troubling news this morning as it was revealed that military photographer Joe Bejjany was murdered by two gunmen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":433799,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ai_generated_summary":"","_preview_accessed":0,"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"media-embed-type":[],"class_list":["post-61215","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog"],"authorship":[144],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium 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