Racing Beirut Player Released after Arrest on ' Suspicion of Terrorism'
A Racing Beirut player who was held for suspecting his involvement in terrorist acts has been released on Friday.
“The army intelligence directorate has released Zuhair Murad two days after his arrest,” the state-run National News Agency reported.
Murad was arrested on Wednesday in the al-Metn neighborhood of Bourj Hammoud pending investigation for his suspected involvement in terrorist acts.
Media reports had noted then that the football player was detained following the the confessions of detainee Naim Abbas.
Abbas, a top militant and one of the leaders of the Qaida-linked Abdullah Azzam Brigades, was held last week and he informed the army during his interrogation about a car rigged with more than 100 kilos of explosives which was dismantled in Beirut's Corniche al-Mazraa district.
The Abdullah Azzam Brigades claimed responsibility for the deadly double blast that hit the Beirut neighborhood of Bir Hassan on Wednesday.
However, the army intelligence assured that the arrest of Murad has nothing to do with Wednesday's bombings.
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