Ibrahim: Our Preemptive Measures Have Thwarted Several Terrorist Attacks
General Security chief Abbas Ibrahim revealed that the recent arrests made by the security agency were of individuals linked directly to the Islamic State's province in Syria's al-Raqa, reported al-Joumhouria newspaper on Monday.
He told the daily: “The preemptive measures we have recently taken have thwarted several terrorist attacks and spared the lives of innocents.”
Moreover, he said that the terrorist network linked to last week's Bourj al-Barajneh blast is under investigation, adding that the General Security is following several leads linked to the cell.
“We still have a lot of work ahead of us and several other networks are also being investigated,” he continued.
“We will reveal our progress in due time in order to maintain the secrecy of the investigation,” Ibrahim stressed.
“This is an open war between us and terrorists, who have chosen to target Lebanon,” he declared.
“We will continue our work and it is our duty, along with the rest of the Lebanese security agencies,” he vowed.
“We have several challenges ahead because the terrorists' adoption of suicide by explosive vests is very difficult to detect,” he warned.
At least 43 people were killed in twin suicide attacks in the Bourj al-Barajneh area of Beirut's southern suburbs on Thursday.
The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for the attack.
On Sunday, Interior Minister Nouhad al-Mashnouq revealed that the Internal Security Forces Information Branch was able to arrest within 48 hours the whole network that was responsible for the Bourj al-Barajneh blast.
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