Fatah Official Released after Providing Testimony over Starco Blast
A suspect linked to the Starco blast was released from custody on Tuesday, reported the National News Agency.
It said that Palestinian Fatah movement official Colonel Talal al-Ordoni was released by the Army Intelligence after hearing his testimony over Friday's blast in the Starco area in Beirut that saw the assassination of former Finance Minister Mohammed Shatah.
He was initially detained over his connection to the stolen vehicle that was used in the bombing.
On Friday, As Safir newspaper quoted a detainee identified as Abu al-Daoud as saying that the Honda CRV used in the attack "entered the Ain el-Hilweh Palestinian refugee camp some time ago and was given to a man nicknamed Talal al-Ordoni.”
It later turned out that al-Ordoni is a member of Fatah Movement, not Fatah al-Islam as mentioned in the newspaper's report.
In an interview with al-Jadeed television on Saturday, al-Ordoni said he was willing to turn himself in.
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