Assasination in Lebanon

This is not good news for Lebanon.  If you haven't been paying attention to Lebanon recently it has been in crisis mode for several weeks now.  This Assasination is a sign the ongoing fighting between the factions has just been "upped" a notch.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/...

Lebanese industry minister and Maronite Christian leader Pierre Gemayel has been assassinated in the capital, Beirut, reports say.
Mr Gemayel, a leading anti-Syrian politican, was shot in a street in a Christian suburb of the city and rushed to hospital, Lebanese media reported.

It comes at a time of crisis in Lebanese politics, following the recent resignation of six cabinet ministers.

Mr Gemayel was a member of the Phalange Party and son of former president Amin.

I'm awaitng more news on this, but my contact with family there has been "spotty" at best.  Last time i spoke with them, everyone in Beruit was still very nervous.  They felt it would only take one tragic event and things would explode again....

....I hope this won't be that event.

if someone else has diared this already, my apologies, but i didn't see anythign already posted.
(and it took great effort not to put "Breaking" in the title :)