Racing Beirut Player Released after Arrest on ' Suspicion of Terrorism'
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A Racing Beirut player who was held for suspecting his involvement in terrorist acts has been released on Friday.
“The army intelligence directorate has released Zuhair Murad two days after his arrest,” the state-run National News Agency reported.
Murad was arrested on Wednesday in the al-Metn neighborhood of Bourj Hammoud pending investigation for his suspected involvement in terrorist acts.
Media reports had noted then that the football player was detained following the the confessions of detainee Naim Abbas.
Abbas, a top militant and one of the leaders of the Qaida-linked Abdullah Azzam Brigades, was held last week and he informed the army during his interrogation about a car rigged with more than 100 kilos of explosives which was dismantled in Beirut's Corniche al-Mazraa district.
The Abdullah Azzam Brigades claimed responsibility for the deadly double blast that hit the Beirut neighborhood of Bir Hassan on Wednesday.
However, the army intelligence assured that the arrest of Murad has nothing to do with Wednesday's bombings.
21 February 2014, 19:27
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puppy: his reputation is not ruined if he is cleared. plus he now became your favorite football player, and all your terrorist friends will root for him.
21 February 2014, 18:39
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props to them for releasing him so promptly. i live in a certain eastern european nation where when someone is detained the authorities are almost obliged to indict some crime in order to justify the initial detention.
21 February 2014, 20:55
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Wrong. In this country 30 days before indicting renewable 8 times!
21 February 2014, 19:19
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honestly your degenerate language denotes your mediocre caliber. serious
21 February 2014, 20:33
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Ah, if the army does its job, it is accused of being one sided, if it doesn't, again, it is accused of being one sided. Let the army continue doing its job, when security is working well, mistakes will occur, but at least the LAF did not hide behind its little finger and mumble, it released the guy and made public its mistake.
21 February 2014, 23:28
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He dishonoured Lebanon. He must be jailed. Shame on him. I dont want to see him in my neighborhood in Burj Hammoud anymore. 3ayb 3alek
