Al-Alwani's Body Transferred from Beirut to Baghdad

The Iraqi Embassy in Beirut received the body of former MP Ahmed Al-Alwani after confirming his identity through DNA test results, and began completing the procedures for his transfer to Iraq at the request of his family.

Iraqi Ambassador to Beirut Mohammed Reda Al-Husseini said that DNA test results showed a match between samples taken from the body and those taken from his son Talha, confirming the body's identity. He noted that the embassy received it from the Lebanese side on Friday evening.

A statement by the embassy added that CT scan results supported the identity verification procedures, and that a copy of the Lebanese forensic doctor's report would be handed over to his relatives.
Al-Husseini confirmed that the embassy had begun completing the necessary procedures to transfer the body to Iraq as quickly as possible, stressing continued follow-up of investigations in coordination with judicial and security authorities in Lebanon and Iraq to uncover the circumstances of the crime and identify those responsible.

The handover of the body came at the request of Al-Alwani's family, following the approval of Lebanon's Prosecutor General Judge Ahmad Rami Al-Hajj to hand it over to the Iraqi Embassy for transfer to Baghdad, after the embassy requested no additional autopsy and the transfer of the body to Iraq to complete procedures there.