Irish soldiers’ accused killer faces US deportation

A man accused of the torture and killing of two Irish soldiers is to be deported from the US to his native Lebanon.

Mahmoud Bazzi agreed to drop his opposition to the deportation during a court hearing in Detroit, Michigan, yesterday.

The 71-year-old had fought the charge of illegally entering the US on a false passport, faced hearing the testimony of retired Irish soldier John O’Mahony, who survived after being kidnapped along with his two murdered colleagues.