IS Fighter Admits to Videotaping Execution of Lebanese Servicemen
An Islamic State group militant has admitted to videotaping the slaughter of servicemen taken captive from the northeastern border town of Arsal last August, the state-run National News Agency reported on Tuesday.
Abdul Rahman al-Bazerbashi, 21, also known as Hafid al-Baghdadi, told Military Examining Magistrate Imad al-Zein that he has videotaped the killing of servicemen Ali al-Sayyed and Abbas Medlej, said NNA.
The jihadist also admitted to murdering a soldier and tossing grenades at churches in the northern city of Tripoli, the agency stated.
The army arrested al-Bazerbashi in Ain al-Shaab between the towns of al-Labweh and Arsal in May.
Al-Sayyed and Medlej and two other servicemen were executed by IS and al-Qaida-linked al-Nusra Front militants last year.
They were taken captive along with several other soldiers and policemen when the fighters overran Arsal.
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