Fatah al-Islam member wanted by the Lebanese authorities, Abdul Ghani Jawhar, died in the Syrian city of Qusayr on Friday night, the Time Megazine reported.

Fatah al-Islam member wanted by the Lebanese authorities, Abdul Ghani Jawhar, died in the Syrian city of Qusayr on Friday night, the Time Megazine reported.

“The founding cleric of Fatah al-Islam, Sheikh Osama al-Shihabi, confirmed Jawhar’s death to TIME,” the report said, adding that he “confirmed” Jawhar’s death.

According to a fellow fighter, who goes by the alias Abu Ali, “Jawhar had been preparing an explosive device… [that] went off prematurely and killed him”, the report said.
“We wanted to send his body back to Lebanon but we couldn’t because it was torn to pieces”, Time quoted Abu Ali as saying.

“Instead Jawhar’s fellow fighters were forced to bury what was left of him in a neighboring garden because it was impossible to reach the graveyard during heavy fighting”, the report added.

The report also said that according to Abu Ali and another fellow fighter, Jawhar arrived in Qusayr two weeks ago with a group of 30 Lebanese fighters.

The Time quoted Abu Ali as saying that many of these fighters were members of Fatah al-Islam, who were “seeking to help fellow Muslims under attack by the Syrian regime”.
Jawhar is wanted by the Lebanese authorities, He is also suspected of involvement in the 2008 Tripoli bombings.