7 Tripoli Fighting Suspects to be Referred to Military Tribunal
Seven people arrested by the Lebanese army in the northern city of Tripoli are expected to be referred to the Military Tribunal for legal measures if there was evidence of their involvement in the latest gunbattles, the National News Agency reported Thursday.
NNA said the men could be referred to the tribunal in the next 24 hours.
Eleven others were recently released for not having ties to the clashes between the rival neighborhoods of Bab al-Tabbaneh and Jabal Mohsen, the agency said.
But according to al-Mustaqbal daily, the 11 men, who are from al-Mouri family, were on Sunday seized along with two truckloads of weapons and ammunition in al-Zahriyeh neighborhood.
An Army communiqué had said that it arrested 18 people and seized quantities of arms, ammunition and military hardware after a patrol came under fire in al-Zahriyeh.
Al-Mustaqbal quoted sources as wondering how the 11 men could be released after two truckloads of weapons were seized from them.
“Their release would have blown up the security situation in Tripoli, particularly after they sought upon their release to ignite tension in the area,” they said.
Life slowly returned to normal in Tripoli on Monday after six days of gunbattles between the majority Sunni Bab al-Tabbaneh and the mainly Alawite Jabal Mohsen left scores of casualties.
The fighting was a clear sign that the Syrian war had spilled over to Lebanon. Bab al-Tabbaneh residents support the revolution against Syrian President Bashar Assad, who is from the Alawite sect.
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