Lebanese military court charges Christian politician Geagea over Beirut violence, judicial source says

FILE PHOTO: Samir Geagea, the leader of Lebanon's Christian Lebanese Forces (LF) party, speaks during an interview with Reuters at his residence in Maarab, Lebanon November 29, 2021. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir/File Photo

BEIRUT (Reuters) - A Lebanese military court has charged leading Christian politician Samir Geagea over deadly clashes in Beirut last October, a judicial source said on Thursday.

An official in Geagea's Lebanese Forces party said the charge against him was political, and the investigation into the violence had been political from the start.