Report: Security Situation Growing More Difficult

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The security situation in Lebanon will become more difficult in light of an intensified campaign to eradicate terrorism in the region, As Safir daily reported on Thursday.

The situation is to become harder in light of reports alleging that the terror groups are using new tactics of bringing candidates for the attacks they carry out from outside Lebanon, a related source told the daily on condition of anonymity.

The source added that the danger lies in that most of the sleeper cells inside Lebanon are under close monitoring and the security apparatuses have data that help them identify or arrest them. If the terror groups started bringing their members from outside Lebanon, the security forces will no more be able to obtain the required information.

The source added that seven of the eight suicide attackers in the eastern town of al-Qaa were unknown Syrian nationals, and that their pictures were shown to detainees who only recognized them as participants in training centers for brief periods without being able to identify their names.

Interior Minister Nouhad al-Mashnouq had stated on Wednesday that detainees in the custody of the security forces have identified seven out of the eight bombers, noting that the detainees were shown pictures of the attackers' faces.

“According to the detainees' confessions, the seven criminals came from Syria, specifically from Raqa, not from the encampments” of the Syrian refugees in al-Qaa's outskirts, the minister said.

Fears of bombings spiked lately after a series of suicide attacks rattled the eastern town of al-Qaa on Monday evening, injuring eight people, only hours after four suicide bombers killed five people and wounded 15 others in the town before dawn.

In the evening violence, three suicide bombers riding motorcycles blew themselves up in the center of the predominantly Christian town, media reports said.

One struck in front of a church and the two others in front of the municipality building.

In the pre-dawn attack, five people were killed and fifteen others were wounded when four suicide bombers targeted the town.

The suicide explosions struck at 10 minute intervals.

SourceNaharnet
Comments 5
Thumb lubnani.masi7i 30 June 2016, 08:43

"The source added that seven of the eight suicide attackers in the eastern town of al-Qaa were unknown Syrian nationals, and that their pictures were shown to detainees who only recognized them as participants in training centers for brief periods without being able to identify their names."

haha! sure they were able to identify them after being subjected to all kinds of torture.

Thumb EagleDawn 30 June 2016, 09:01

As Safil daily reported....lol

This daily iranian owned newspaper is as credible as when mowaten says he is Lebanese, secular and has only one account.

Missing humble 30 June 2016, 09:24

Thank you for having created this unsecurity.
Thank you who? Thank you Ebola!!!

Thumb shab 30 June 2016, 22:31

It's a filthy militia, what else can one expect ?

Thumb shab 30 June 2016, 22:31

It's a filthy militia, what else can one expect ?