Bomb-Laden Car Containing 3 Women Seized in al-Labweh
The army intercepted on Wednesday a booby-trapped vehicle in the Bekaa region.
Media reports said the dismantled the explosives-laden car on the Arsal-al-Labweh road.
The Army Command announced in a statement that the vehicle had arrived in Lebanon from Syria's Yabrud region.
Containing three women, the car was going to be transported to Beirut where it was to be handed over to would-be suicide-bombers.
The vehicle was pursued for a while before being intercepted at the Bekaa's al-Labweh checkpoint.
State Commissioner to the Military Court Judge Saqr Saqr later ordered that an investigation be launched in the case.
Al-Jadeed said that the vehicle was a silver Kia.
Al-Manar television identified the women as Joumana Hassan Hmayyed, Hala Ahmed Rayed, and Khadijeh Mohammed Audeh, all of whom hail from the Bekaa town of Arsal.
OTV said "the three women arrested in Arsal confessed to planning a triple suicide bombing."
Quoting military sources, LBCI television said the women confessed to plotting "a triple bombing during which the car and two suicide bombers were supposed to blow up."
Meanwhile, a statement issued by Arsal's residents said "the three arrested women do not represent the town in any way whatsoever," describing the army as the country's "security valve."
Arsal lies 12 kilometers from the border with Syria and has been used as a conduit for weapons and rebels to enter Syria, while also serving as a refuge for people fleeing the conflict that erupted in 2011.
The Lebanese army has several times seized cars loaded with arms and ammunition in the town and its outskirts.
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