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On Friday morning, the Lebanese security services found the bodies of a mother and her three daughters, who had been missing in the town of Ansar since the beginning of March. Their bodies were found in an orchard located between the towns of Ansar and Al-Zararia.

Sources indicate that the girls were Manal Safawi (16 years old), Rima Safawi (22 years old), and Tana Safawi (20 years old). They went out with their mother Bassma Abbas, who was the divorcee of the town's mayor Zakaria Safawi. They went missing 25 days ago, and investigations showed that they were accompanied by Hussein Fayyad (36 years old), and since that day they have disappeared.

After their father filed a claim before security authorities regarding the disappearance of his family, the South and Nabatieh intelligence branches conducted extensive investigations and arrested the suspect, Fayyad. Since yesterday afternoon, patrols have been conducting a massive search of the area between the towns of Ansar and Zrarieh, which is an area of ​​citrus orchards.

Fayyad admitted to having carried out a mass murder of the family and that he buried the girls and their mother in the orchard. The search process faced rainy weather and darkness and was resumed this morning. The area where the four bodies were found has been identified, and ambulances headed to the scene, where units of forensic evidence and army intelligence examined them.

The planned attack
The Lebanese authorities revealed Fayyad was planning his crime for months. Sources showed the man who was in a relationship with Tala, 20, invited the family to dinner outside their home when he committed the terrible crime.

At night, the driver who took the three young ladies and their mother changed his way to an empty area where the bodies of the four were later found. When they arrived at a cave another man called Hasan Al-Ghanash was waiting to help the murderer.

After leaving the car, the killer used a pump action, shooting the victims fatally in the chest and head. Later on, police reports showed Fayyad and his Syrian accomplice lifted the bodies and buried them inside the cave.

After committing the crime, the police revealed the killer went to a nearby hostel where he took a shower and changed his clothes before sending a message from Tala's phone to her cousin aiming to brush off suspicion from him.