'Free Sunnis of Baalbek Brigade' Publishes Picture of Arsal 'Suicide Bomber'
The so-called Free Sunnis of Baalbek Brigade on Sunday published a picture of a man it identified as Abdul Qader Taan, describing him as the suicide bomber who blew up Saturday an army checkpoint in Arsal's outskirts.
“This is the picture of the martyr hero Abdul Qader Taan, who blew up the 'Crusader army' in Arsal,” reads the caption of the photograph that was published on the group's Twitter account.
The shadowy Brigade did not mention the man's nationality or age.
The group had claimed responsibility for the deadly attack overnight Saturday, saying it was in retaliation to the army's killing of the fugitive Sami al-Atrash during a raid in Arsal.
On Saturday evening, three Lebanese soldiers were killed and four others wounded in a suicide attack on a military checkpoint in the area of Wadi Ata in Arsal.
The fugitive al-Atrash died in hospital on Thursday after he was critically wounded in an exchange of gunfire with an army patrol that raided his house in Arsal.
An army statement said al-Atrash “was wanted on charges of preparing bomb-laden cars; firing rockets and mortars at Lebanese villages and towns; kidnapping citizens; taking part in killing four citizens in Arsal's Wadi Rafeq and several soldiers in Arsal's Wadi Hmayyed; and plotting to assassinate an officer with an explosive device.”
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