Security Officials: Arsal Attack Came as Army was Searching for Bomb
Security officials said that Thursday’s roadside bombing on the Lebanese-Syrian border in which one soldier was killed came as an army patrol was combing the area following information about suspicious activities.
The officials told As Safir daily published on Friday that a patrol was searching for bombs after the army received intelligence reports that jihadists were plotting an attack.
During the search operation, the bomb went off, leaving a soldier dead and three others injured, said the unidentified officials.
It was not clear if the bomb was detonated by remote control.
The attack happened in the area of Wadi Atta on the outskirts of the northeastern border town of Arsal.
The Islamic State group and al-Qaida's branch in Syria, known as al-Nusra Front, control parts of that volatile border area.
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