Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam, from the Turkish city of Antalya, is following the file of young men detained between Jaroud Bsharri and Jaroud Batroun, and has contacted the interior minister, justice minister, Public Prosecutor of Cassation and Director General of the Internal Security Forces. He condemned the killing of former Iraqi MP Ahmed al-Alwani in Beirut, saying the investigations would have no ceiling but the law and that the era of absent accountability is over. After the body was found, Iraqi Ambassador Mohammed Reda al-Husseini said initial data indicated it belonged to al-Alwani, and the Public Prosecutor ordered a DNA test.
Coverage split between follow-up on the detainees file and the prime minister's contacts (lebanon debate and annahar.com) and focus on the circumstances of the body's discovery and identity verification (الشرق للأخبار), with annahar.com combining both files.