Report: Fugitive Osama Mansour Still in Tripoli's Bab al-Tabbaneh

Notorious fugitive Osama Mansour is reportedly still in the northern port city of Tripoli and continuously changing his residence, As Safir newspaper reported on Tuesday.

The daily said that Mansour has changed his features and is still located in Bab al-Tabbaneh neighborhood in overcrowded areas.

The newspaper said that the army raided in the few past weeks several houses inhabited by Mansour's relatives but failed to arrest him.

Information obtained by the daily pointed out that the army will continue raiding the area until all the wanted suspects are apprehended.

Media reports said in November that wanted terrorists Shadi al-Mawlawi and Mansour have been reportedly injured in the latest battles with the Lebanese army in Tripoli and are hiding among civilians, taking them as human shields.

Al-Mawlawi and Mansour have been charged with belonging to an armed terrorist group in order to stage terrorist acts, and holing up at a Tripoli mosque with the aim of preparing bombs and explosive devices to target Lebanese troops in the area.

In Novemeber, the militia led by the two fugitives clashed with the army in Tripoli and Akkar district. The gunbattles left dozens of fighters, soldiers and civilians dead and injured.

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