ISF Arrests Kingpin of Sidon Bomb Plot
Security forces arrested on Friday the kingpin of the network accused of planting bombs in the southern city of Sidon.
MTV reported that Ahmed Antar, who is accused of leading a gang behind the planting of bombs in Sidon, was detained by the ISF Intelligence Bureau.
On Thursday, ISF’s information branch detained Khaled Abdul Razzaq for allegedly planting a bomb in the parking lot of a building in Sidon.
The army detonated a bomb the bomb Wednesday overnight.
A citizen informed the security forces of a suspected device found around 11:00 pm in the parking lot of Hijazi Center in Sidon's Quds Square. The parking space lies near the building where Sheikh Maher Hammoud resides.
The bomb weighed around 1 kg wired to a cell phone primed to detonate the device, the army said in a statement on Thursday.
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