The Lebanese government Thursday urged the local judiciary to "do its job" in bringing to justice killers of an Egyptian citizen who was lynched by an angry mob last week. "The killers should stand trial as soon as possible for their brutal crime," Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri said on Wednesday night. He added that the crime was an inhuman act that followed a similar act from the deceased suspect. Justice Minister Ibrahim Najjar on Tuesday held talks with Mohamed Abdul Hakam, the Assistant Foreign Minister for Consular Affairs and Egyptians Abroad, extending his apologies for the lynching of Egyptian Mohamed Msallem in the village of Ketermaya. After the meeting, Najjar noted that the appropriate measures will be taken away from media coverage and that the issue is being followed up by the prosecutor-general's office, which will handle the issue "with all due seriousness". The justice minister said that he was not officially assigned by the cabinet to make an apology, but added that the cabinet would surely back him in that.