12 Charged with Plotting Terrorist Activities, Assassinations

The State Commissioner to the Military Court charged on Wednesday 12 people, including a Lebanese and 2 Syrians who are in custody, with plotting terrorist activities, the state-run National News Agency reported.

The charges include forming an armed gang to carry out terrorist operations, buying arms, rockets and bombs to plant them throughout Lebanese territories, and plotting assassinations against personalities in northern Lebanon who back the Syrian regime.

NNA said that the suspects were also planning to booby-trap vehicles.

The General Security Department announced on Tuesday that it dismantled a “terrorist cell” that was plotting assassinations and bombings in several areas across Lebanon.

It said the three detainees were interrogated and referred to the military prosecution along with the explosives, weapons and communication devices that were seized from them.

General Security stressed that it “will not hesitate to pursue terrorist groups, subversive gangs and illegal emigration networks -- in coordination with the rest of the security agencies – to preserve the safety of citizens and the security and stability of the country.”