Al-Atrash Confesses to Transporting Weapons from Lebanon to Syria Only
Detained suspect Sheikh Omar al-Atrash denied on Monday claims that he had transported booby-trapped vehicles to Lebanon, reported LBCI television.
It said that he confessed to only transporting weapons from Lebanon to Syria.
He did not transport weapons from Syria to Lebanon.
Al-Atrash was arrested in January.
An arrest warrant was issued against him for carrying out terrorist activities in the country.
He was also questioned 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.
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