A special UN-backed court probing the murder of former Lebanese prime minister Rafiq Hariri in a 2005 Beirut bomb attack said Wednesday it will try four Hezbollah members in absentia.
"The trial chamber of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon has decided to try the four men accused of the 14 February 2005 attack in their absence," The Hague-based court said in a statement.
"The trial chamber concluded that all reasonable steps have been taken to secure the appearance of the accused and to notify them of the charges against them," it added.