Army Searches for Bombs in Haret al-Naameh after Suspects Held over Naameh Explosive-Laden Car
At least three people detained by the General Security Directorate confessed that they were planning to detonate a booby-trapped car found in Naameh neighborhood in South of Lebanon in another location.
Information obtained by Naharnet on Sunday showed that the confessions of the car-bombing ring helped the security agencies seize the car parked in Naameh neighborhood.
The members of the network revealed that the car, which was rigged with explosives, was set to be detonated in another area.
Saturday afternoon security agencies seized a car filled with 250 kilograms of explosives near the municipality building in Naameh.
The Audi car carrying fake license plate numbers contained five barrels of TNT, explosive material, fuses and detonators were found in the car along with a device to remotely detonated it.
The Lebanese army and Internal Security Forces swiftly cordoned off the area.
The state-run National News Agency later reported that the gang, which is formed of four members, confessed that they belong to a network which was planning to detonate several cars across Lebanon.
Later on Sunday, the ISF announced that among the seized material from the explosive-laden car were "five kilograms of an unknown explosive substance" and that a lab test was underway.
In the evening, the army encircled the al-Zaatari and al-Mrah neighborhoods in the town of Haret al-Naameh and started searching the house of the detainee Mohammed al-Ahmed and the houses he used to visit, NNA said.
Troops were also inspecting cars parked in the area in search for explosives, the agency added.
Earlier, al-Jadeed television said the army raided the house of al-Ahmed's wife in Haret al-Naameh and that a search was ongoing for "a quantity of explosives placed in another car."
LBCI television said the army was inspecting cars parked near "a building owned by the detainee Mohammed al-Ahmed."
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