Army Circulates New Picture of 'Dangerous Fugitive' Possibly Linked to Bir Hassan Bombings

The army circulated on Friday evening the picture of a “dangerous fugitive” without revealing the crime he committed, while media reports said it might belong to one of the Iranian embassy suicide attackers.

The army urged in a released communique anyone that recognizes the person in the picture to contact the caretaker Defense Ministry by dialing 1701, or using the military institution’s smart phone application LAF Shield.

Later on Friday, OTV said "the second suicide attacker is Lebanese national Omar Sobha," adding that he hails from Akkar's Dbaybiyeh.

The army had made public on Thursday the picture of another fugitive, and as a result, Adnan Abu Dahr contacted the Internal Security Forces Intelligence Bureau, claiming that it belongs to his son Moein.

DNA samples have been taken from Adnan Abu Dahr to compare them with the bodies found at the scene of the explosions.

OTV had aired on Thursday evening the fake identity cards used by the suicide attackers behind the blasts in Beirut's Bir Hassan neighborhood.

One of the IDs had the same picture circulated by the army on Friday, but the name on it was Issa al-Ghawi, who's a citizen from the Beirut neighborhood of Tariq al-Jadideh.

Al-Ghawi denied to Future TV having any links to Tuesday's bombings.

At least 23 people were killed and more than 145 others were wounded in a twin blast that took place on Tuesday morning near the Iranian Embassy in the neighborhood of Bir Hassan in Beirut's southern suburbs.

A security official said the first suicide attacker was on a motorcycle that carried two kilograms of explosives. He blew himself up at the large black main gate of the Iranian mission, damaging the three-story facility.

Less than two minutes later, the second suicide attacker driving a car rigged with 50 kilograms of explosives struck about 10 meters away, the official said.

The al-Qaida-linked Abdullah Azzam Brigades claimed responsibility for the bombings, according to the Twitter page of a cleric linked to the group.

"The Abdullah Azzam brigades - the Hussein bin Ali cells - are behind the attack on the Iranian embassy in Beirut," Sheikh Sirajeddine Zuraiqat, the group's religious guide, posted on Twitter.