Army Demands Palestinian Factions at Ain el-Hilweh to Hand over Head of ‘Takfiri’ Network
The army intelligence bureau in the South demanded the Palestinian factions and the Islamic parties in Ain el-Hilweh Palestinian refugee camp to detain Abu Mohammed Toufiq Taha and hand him over to the Lebanese judiciary, As Safir newspaper reported on Friday.
“The issue is very dangerous and the army can’t allow anyone to manipulate its security,” a security source told the newspaper.
Abu Mohammed is the head of the Abdullah Azzam Brigades, who is accused of planning attacks against the Lebanese army.
He resides in the Ain el-Hilweh Palestinian refugee camp near the southern city of Sidon but his whereabouts are unknown.
Palestinian sources told al-Joumhouria newspaper that director of the Lebanese Army Intelligence in the South Brig. Ali Shahrour contacted the Palestinian forces in the refugee camp.
He demanded them to hand over Abu Mohammed “immediately,” or the army will be forced to take new procedures near the refugee camp.
The army had boosted its security measures near Ain el-Hilweh during the past few days.
The Lebanese army had discovered a “takfiri” network in which two soldiers, allegedly involved in the cell, had planned to carry out attacks against the army.
The army detained a group that consists of six people, who are affiliated with the Abdullah Azzam Brigades – al-Qaida network, as the army is seeking to arrest the head of the network.
State commissioner to the military court Judge Saqr Saqr charged the six Lebanese suspects with the attempt to “carry out terrorist acts and operations against the Lebanese army.”
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