Extremist Brother of Fadel Shaker Turns Himself in to Army

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The brother of Fadel Shaker, an affiliate of detained extremist cleric Ahmed al-Asir, turned himself in to the Lebanese army in the southern city of Sidon on Monday, the National News Agency reported.

Fugitive Abou al-Abed Shmandur, the brother of Shaker, has turned himself in to the Lebanese army intelligence at the Taamir checkpoint, NNA said.

He has been hiding in the Palestinian refugee camp of Ain el-Hilweh.

Two other supporters of al-Asir identified as Mahmoud al-Qarout and Bahaa al-Birtawi, turned themselves in to the Lebanese army at the camp a day earlier.

Several members of Asir's group had fled to the camp in the wake of the deadly Abra battle with the army in 2013.

Al-Asir, a firebrand anti-Hizbullah cleric, was apprehended in 2015 while trying to travel to Nigeria via Cairo with a fake Palestinian passport.

He is wanted for his role in deadly clashes with the army.

Pop star turned fugitive Fadel Shaker was sentenced to four-and-half years in jail in May 2015, but in June the Cassation Court nullified the verdict and ordered a retrial. He was released on bail in January.

He became affiliated with extremist Salafist movements linked to al-Asir, whose supporters waged deadly clashes with the army in Abra.

By long-standing convention, the Lebanese army does not enter the 12 Palestinian refugee camps in the country, leaving security inside to the Palestinian themselves, but the military has checkpoints at the camps' entrances.

SourceNaharnet
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