Saqr Tasks Army Intelligence, ISF Intelligence Branch with Investigating Tripoli Bombings

State Commissioner to the Military Court Judge Saqr Saqr tasked on Sunday the Army Intelligence and ISF Intelligence Bureau with investigating the bombings in the northern city of Tripoli.

They will be responsible for carrying out the preliminary investigations, gathering evidence, and sweeping the scene of the blast sites.

He called for carrying out DNA tests on the remains of the unidentified victims of the Friday's bombings.

In the meantime, the army had stepped up its security measures in Tripoli in light of the twin bombings, reported the National News Agency on Sunday.

It said that it set up checkpoints at the entrances of the city and within its neighborhoods and main squares.

The army inspected vehicles and the identification papers of the drivers.

Meanwhile, the Higher Relief Council began inspecting the houses that were damaged by the Taqwa mosque blast.

The Ogero telecommunication company began checking the telephone lines that were damaged in the bombing near al-Salam mosque.

Activists have been busy cleaning the scene of the blasts and removing the rubble.

Mustaqbal MP Bahia Hariri paid a visit to the city, including the blast sites, where she condemned the attacks, linking them to the one that took place in the Ruwais area in Beirut's southern suburb on August 16.

“Those committing such crimes are seeking to target the whole of Lebanon,” she remarked.

“They are targeting the country's diversity and it is time that the Lebanese people live in peace and security,” she declared.

Powerful car bombs exploded outside two Sunni mosques in Tripoli on Friday.

The first bomb struck in the city center at the al-Salam mosque as worshipers were still inside.

The second explosion struck just minutes later outside al-Taqwa mosque, about two kilometers away, near the port.

Judicial sources told An Nahar daily Sunday that the death toll reached 45 with at least 500 wounded.