Judge Charges Yassine and 17 Others for Links to IS

إقرأ هذا الخبر بالعربية W460

State Commissioner to the Military Court Judge Saqr Saqr prosecuted the so-called Emir of the Islamic State group in Ain el-Hilweh, Imad Yassine, and 17 others on charges of carrying out terror acts in favor of the Islamic State group, the National News Agency reported on Monday.

Most of the prosecuted were Palestinian nationals and they include a prisoner from the Akkoush family, added NNA.

They were all charged with belonging to the IS and with carrying out terror acts, receiving information from the leaders of the organization in al-Reqqa, preparing to target tourist sites, military and security centers and Lebanese army positions, preparing to detonate bombs in different places, assassination attempts against one of the officials whose name was not disclosed.

The judge referred the file to the First Military Investigating Judge.

In September, the army intelligence arrested Yassine in the Palestinian refugee camp of Ain el-Hilweh after receiving orders from IS foreign operations chief Abu Khaled al-Iraqi to stage major Iraq-like bombings across Lebanon.

The terrorist groups are also seeking, to “create major chaos, destruction and terror in the various Lebanese regions, especially in Beirut and its southern suburbs, through targeting gatherings and densely-populated areas,” media reports has said

Comments 2
Thumb .mowaten. 17 October 2016, 15:58

hang them all

Thumb .mowaten. 17 October 2016, 18:15

as much as i'd like to see them hang, indeed, if they can be traded for our soldiers then why not