Reports: Army Arrests Terror Suspects on Zalka Highway

The army arrested Thursday four terrors suspects after intercepting their van on the Zalka-Beirut highway, media reports said.

“An army intelligence patrol intercepted a white van this afternoon on the Zalka-Beirut highway, arresting its four passengers after closing the road for several minutes,” MTV said.

“According to unconfirmed information, the Lebanese and Syrian detainees are involved in terrorist activities, especially ties to the Islamic State group,” the TV network added.

LBCI TV meanwhile said that the four suspects came from the northern region of Akkar and that they had been placed under surveillance by the Intelligence Directorate for a period that preceded their arrest.

“According to preliminary investigations, two of the group turned out to be very dangerous fugitives,” it added.

Dozens of suspects were arrested across the country in recent weeks.

The massive crackdown followed an IS suicide bombing in the southern Beirut suburb of Bourj al-Barajneh that killed 44 people and wounded around 240 others.

Y.R.