Army Arrests Various Suspects in Morning Raids in Beirut
The army announced on Wednesday the arrest of three suspects in Beirut's southern suburbs of Dahieh over shooting offenses.
It said that it arrested Mustafa Zou al-Fiqar Ismail, Hussein Hassan Tohmaz, and Mohammed Hassan Tohmaz for firing from their weapons on various dates.
It also arrested Ali Shakib Moussa in the Hay al-Sellom area for the illegal possession of a weapon during the raids it carried out in the morning.
Meanwhile, Ali Zou al-Fiqar Ismail turned himself over to the army after he was wanted on shooting charges.
Earlier on Wednesday, the army carried out raids in the Western Neighborhood behind the Cite Sportive area in Beirut in search for wanted suspects, reported al-Jadeed television.
It detained two suspects, said LBCI, while MTV reported that nine of Arab Movement Party leader Shaker al-Berjawi's supporters were arrested during raids in al-Rehab area in Beirut.
Berjawi is a veteran militant whose career has spanned multiple decades and causes.
In recent years, his supporters have gotten involved in clashes with anti-Syria groups.
The latest clashes took place on March 23 between Salafists and supporters of Berjawi near the Cite Sportive area.
One person was killed in the fighting.
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