Al-Meqdad Clan Members, Syrians Charged with Kidnapping, Forming Armed Group
State Commissioner to the Military Court Judge Saqr Saqr charged on Tuesday six people from al-Meqdad family and Syrians with belonging to an armed group and kidnapping people.
The charges include setting up an armed group for the purpose of carrying out terrorist activities, kidnapping people, and terrifying them at gunpoint, the National News Agency said.
The other charges are threats made to military members and the ownership of arms, NNA added.
Saqr transferred the suspects to Judge Riyad Abu Ghida to oversee the case.
Several people from al-Meqdad family, including the clan's spokesman Maher al-Meqdad, and Syrians have been lately arrested by the Army during raids on Beirut's southern suburbs and other areas.
The raids came after the clan went on an abduction spree of Syrians and Turkish nationals to avenge the kidnapping of family member Hassan al-Meqdad in Damascus last month.
Since then, the clan has freed the Turkish businessman Tekin Tufan and several other Syrians that it had kidnapped.
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