Antelias ‘Bomb’ Links Case to International Terrorism Laws
The blast that rocked the town of Antelias was most likely caused by a bomb and not a hand grenade, reported the daily An Nahar on Saturday.
Investigations revealed that the bomb was composed of explosives and metal balls, it added.
The investigations are now focusing on the telephone calls conducted by the two blast victims on their mobile phones.
Military Tribunal Judge Saqr Saqr pressed charges on Friday against unknown individuals suspected of being involved in the blast that took place in Antelias on Thursday.
Two peopled in possession of an explosive device were killed in the blast.
The suspects are charged with taking part with the victims, Hassan Nassar and Ihsan Diya, in preparing a bomb and detonating it in a parking lot in Antelias.
Legal sources told An Nahar Saturday that these charges are based on Lebanon’s terrorism law that therefore links the case to international terrorism laws that Lebanon follows.
This means that once a formal accusation is reached in the Antelias bombing case, the Lebanese authorities will be obligated to inform international sides of their findings.
Interior Minister Marwan Charbel meanwhile told cabinet that the explosion was a result of a financial and personal dispute between several people, including some car dealers.
Security forces are searching for a third person who is involved in the financial dispute, he said.
"Our investigation so far does not point to an act of sabotage," he told reporters.
Charbel told Voice of Lebanon radio station 100.5 on Friday that the victims most probably tried to plant the explosives device in the vehicle of a third person who owes them money.
The minister told LBC that a hand grenade weighing 150 grams and filled with metal balls caused the explosion.
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