Security Forces Detain Suspect in Bourj Barajneh Bombings, Monitoring Hizbullah
Security forces arrested a Syrian national suspected of having links to the deadly Bourj al-Baranjneh twin bombings and of monitoring Hizbullah positions, media reports said on Thursday.
The State Security agency arrested Aa.R. for having links to the Islamic State militant group, said LBCI.
He is also suspected of involvement in the twin bombings that rocked Beirut's southern suburbs of Bourj al-Barajneh and of monitoring Hizbullah positions, it added.
No further details were given.
On November 12, 2015 two suicide attacks rocked a busy shopping street in Bourj al-Barajneh, killing 43 people and wounding over 239 others.
The extremist Islamic State group claimed the attack.
Source: Naharnet
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