Army Arrests Man in the Bekaa over Alleged Links to Omar Al-Atrash
The army on Saturday raided the house of Nawaf al-Hussein in the village of Jlala near Shtaura in the Bekaa and arrested him over his alleged links to Sheikh Omar al-Atrash.
"An army unit raided a house in Jlala and arrested its owner Nawaf al-Hussein,” the state-run National News Agency reported.
LBCI television explained that the arrest was made after detainee al-Atrash confessed to ties with al-Hussein.
"The arrested man was then escorted to the Ministry of Defense for investigation,” LBCI added.
Later in the evening, LBCI pointed out that the brother of Nawaf al-Hussein, Abdul Aziz al-Hussein, was also detained following al-Atrash's confessions.
On Tuesday, a military examining magistrate issued an arrest warrant against al-Atrash for carrying out terrorist activities in the country.
Judge Nabil Wehbe questioned al-Atrash over his role in transporting suicide bombers to Lebanon.
Al-Atrash, 24, has also been charged with detonating bombs and explosive-rigged vehicles, attacking the army in Majdelyoun and al-Awwali bridge areas in the southern city of Sidon in December and launching rockets on Israel.
The Sheikh, who hails from the Bekaa valley, was arrested last month.
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