Report: Security Fears Grow amid Warnings of Future Terrorist Attacks in Lebanon
Security authorities warned of the dangerousness of the upcoming phase in Lebanon amid information that more terrorist attacks will be carried out in the country, reported As Safir newspaper on Saturday.
Security sources told the daily that authorities received reports that Lebanon will soon be “facing a very dangerous phase.”
“This requires the greatest level of vigilance and security forces must remain alert in order to confront the dangers that are no longer limited to a certain region, but they have become spread out in the country,” they remarked.
Moreover, they revealed that some western military officials “have expressed their concern over the terrorist attacks that had taken place in Lebanon recently.”
They also expressed their fear over the “freedom of mobility that these terrorist organizations enjoy in some Lebanese regions.”
“They warned that signs that the Syrian conflict will spread to Lebanon are increasing,” stated the security sources.
A security document was leaked to the press on Friday revealing that a suicide bomb attack was being planned against a political figure in Beirut or the northern city of Tripoli.
It said that a Syrian suicide bomber driving an explosives-laden Kia is plotting to target the high-ranking personality.
Lebanon had witnessed in recent months bomb attacks against Hizbullah strongholds.
The latest took place in Beirut's southern suburbs of Dahieh on January 21.
Four people were killed and at least 35 wounded in the attack claimed by the Nusra Front in Lebanon.
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