Blast Kills Minieh Arms Maker Working on Machinegun for Syria Rebels
A home-made weapons manufacturer in north Lebanon was killed in a blast in his workshop on Sunday while trying to make a machinegun for Syrian rebels, a Lebanese security official told Agence France Presse.
Marwan al-Qassab was working on a DShK heavy machinegun to be smuggled into Syria to support the insurgents when a blast rocked his workshop, the official said on condition of anonymity.
"Marwan al-Qassab had a small, illicit weapons factory in the town of Minieh," 10 kilometers (six miles) north of the coastal city of Tripoli, he added.
"Members of the security forces rushed to the scene, and found his body shredded by the blast."
North Lebanon is home to many sympathizers -- most of them Sunni Muslim -- of the revolt against Syrian President Bashar Assad.
Lebanon is sharply divided into pro and anti-Damascus camps.
Source: Agence France Presse
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