General Security Arrests Culprits in Ksara Bombing

Following intensive investigations, the General Directorate of General Security arrested a cell belonging to a terrorist group linked to the Ksara bombing in the eastern town of Zahle which claimed the life of a woman and wounded many others, the National News Agency reported.

As a result of confessions of the detainees, a force of the General Security raided an apartment and seized a device which was used in remotely detonating the bomb.

The General Security also seized a Renault rapid vehicle used by cell members to transport the explosive device.

Investigations are still ongoing with detainees under the supervision of the concerned general prosecution.

Efforts are underway to apprehend the remaining culprits.

In August, a bomb blast killed a Syrian woman and wounded at least eight other people.

The explosion hit near the mainly Christian town of Zahle.

Lebanon has been struck by several deadly bombings since the conflict in neighboring Syria erupted in 2011.

In June, eight suicide bombers, some of them linked to the Islamic State jihadist group, attacked Al-Qaa village near the Syrian border, killing five civilians.