Army Arrests al-Saadiyet Clashes Suspects
The Lebanese army arrested on Saturday several suspects involved in gunbattles that took place a day earlier in the coastal town of al-Saadiyet that lies south of Beirut.
“An army unit raided several areas this morning, arresting 10 nationals, two Syrians and a Palestinian,” said a communique issued by the military command.
The troops seized arms, ammunition, military gear and telecommunications equipment during the raids, it said.
The suspects were referred to the appropriate authorities as the army continued to track the remaining suspects, the communique added.
According to the military, a dispute between “people affiliated to certain (political) parties” turned into a gunbattle on Friday night.
The army did not say which parties were involved in the fighting. But media reports revealed that the clashes took place between the Hizbullah-affiliated Resistance Brigades and members of the al-Asaad family.
This is not the first such incident in the al-Saadiyat area.
On January 12, a prayer hall came under gunfire during the presence of a local Hizbullah official in it.
The area had witnessed heavy clashes between supporters of al-Mustaqbal and members of the Resistance Brigades in July 2015 during which scores of people were injured.
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