Suspected al-Asir Supporters Arrested in Sidon
General Security officers arrested on Monday a supporter of Ahmed al-Asir during a raid in the southern city of Sidon.
The state-run National News Agency said H.R. was apprehended by the Information Branch of the General Security during an early morning raid on an electronics shop.
In the evening, NNA said army intelligence agents arrested in Sidon a man identified as Musaab Qaddoura. It said he is a brother of Mutassem Qaddoura, "one of the most wanted supporters of al-Asir."
Later on Monday, the Army Command said an intelligence patrol arrested Mohammed al-Naqqouzi in Sidon over his ties to al-Asir.
“He has confessed to meeting terrorist groups and plotting to target army posts,” it added.
Al-Asir was arrested on Saturday at Beirut's Rafik Hariri International Airport. He was carrying with him a forged Palestinian passport and trying to flee to Nigeria via Cairo.
General Prosecutor Judge Samir Hammoud later confirmed that said DNA samples taken from al-Asir match those of his parents
The firebrand anti-Hizbullah cleric had been on the run since June 2013 after his armed supporters clashed with the Lebanese army in Sidon.
Since Saturday, security forces have conducted several raids in and around Sidon in search of suspects linked to al-Asir.
LBCI TV said his questioning has so far led to the arrest of three people.
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