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Egyptian billionaire arrested in Lebanese diva’s slaying

A real estate billionaire and member of the Egyptian parliament was arrested Tuesday in the slaying of a troubled Lebanese diva in a tale that has fascinated the Arab media with its plot twists, whiffs of revenge and lurid glimpses into the echelons of celebrity and power.

Hisham Talaat Mustafa, a member of President Hosni Mubarak’s ruling National Democratic Party, was charged with ordering the murder of his former lover, Suzanne Tamim, according to the Egyptian prosecutor’s office. The singer was found in her Dubai apartment in July with her throat slit and multiple stab wounds. The investigation led to former Egyptian police officer Muhsen Sukkari, who worked as a security guard at the Four Season’s Hotel in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el Sheikh. Mustafa’s real estate group built the hotel and Sukkari confessed to police that the billionaire paid him $2 million to kill Tamim, according to Egyptian prosecutor Abdel Meguid Mahmoud.

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