Suspect Linked to Masnaa Bombing of Hizbullah Convoy Arrested
The army succeeded on Monday in arresting a suspect linked to the bombing of a Hizbullah convoy near the al-Masnaa border-crossing on July 16, reported the National News Agency on Tuesday.
It said that the army intelligence arrested a Syrian national in the Bekaa town of Majdal Anjal on suspicion of planting the explosive that targeted the convoy.
It identified the suspect as A.H., who hails from the Syrian city of al-Zabadani.
Two people were wounded in a bomb attack against a Hizbullah convoy that was traveling towards the Lebanese border-crossing with Syria on July 16.
One vehicle was struck by the explosion near the al-Masnaa border-crossing, while the other vehicles in the convoy escaped the attack and continued along the road.
The bombing is the fourth time that a vehicle has been targeted by an explosive device in the Bekaa region, which is a stronghold of Hizbullah.
On July 7, three people were injured, including two army troops when two bombs exploded in the area.
That attack followed a similar blast on June 28, when two small bombs hit a Hizbullah convoy in the area, detonating as four cars passed, a security source said.
Hizbullah has dispatched fighters to battle alongside the Syrian regime against rebels seeking the overthrow of President Bashar Assad.
The party had justified its intervention in Syria by saying it was backing popular committees defending Lebanese-inhabited towns in Syrian territory near Lebanon's border from attacks by rebels and extremists. It had also admitted that its fighters were guarding Shiite holy shrines in Damascus province.
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