Army Arrests Nusra Member who Executed Soldier in 2014

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The Army Intelligence arrested al-Qaida linked al-Nusra Front member, Ali Ahmed al-Lakkis, who had executed soldier Mohammed Hamiyeh in the wake of the Arsal clashes in 2014, the LBCI said on Friday.

Lakkis, an expert at preparing explosives and close to the so-called emir of al-Nusra Front in Qalamoun Abu Malik al-Talli, was caught with a fake Syrian passport at the Rafik Hariri International Airport, LBCI added.

In September 2014, al-Nusra executed Hamiyeh who was held captive together with other soldiers and servicemen.

He was executed with “several bullets” according to a Nusra leader in Syria's Qalamun.

Hamiyeh was among nine Lebanese security personnel who featured in a video posted by the Front on August 23, 2014 in which he was the only one donning army fatigues as the rest appeared in Internal Security Forces uniforms.

The troops were abducted during deadly clashes in early August between the army and Nusra and Islamic State gunmen in and around the northeastern border town of Arsal.

Nineteen troops were killed in the fighting as 35 soldiers and policemen were taken hostage. The Front later released seven security personnel who were in its custody while the IS has executed two army troops.

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SourceNaharnet
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Thumb justin 27 November 2015, 14:52

he is already dead.... killed in Syria