The main suspect in the twin bombing that rocked Tripoli last week was planning to target prominent figures in the northern city, al-Joumhouria newspaper reported on Monday.

According to information obtained by the daily, a police informer, identified as Moustapha H., contacted Internal Security Forces Intelligence Bureau claiming that he has important information over a Sheikh from Tripoli who is planning to target al-Mustaqbal MP Khaled al-Daher, former ISF chief Maj. Gen. Ashraf Rifi and Salafist cleric Sheikh Salem al-Rafehi.

Prime Minister-designate Tammam Salam said on Monday that contacts are ongoing with the March 8 coalition, in particular with Speaker Nabih Berri and PSP chief MP Walid Jumblat.

Sources close to Salam hailed in comments published in local newspapers his latest meeting with President Michel Suleiman, considering that it was a new push to the ongoing consultation over the formation of the cabinet process.

Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Miqati stressed that the recent deadly car bombings in Beirut's southern suburbs and the northern city of Tripoli have pushed the Lebanese to reject strife.

In remarks to As Safir newspaper published on Monday, Miqati said that “the conclusion reached from the two bombings is that the people don't want strife and enjoy a high level of awareness to confront this danger.”

Speaker Nabih Berri considered on Monday that the political and security deterioration in the country must reach an end, pointing out that he will decide if he will propose an initiative to resolve the deadlock in light of the developments.

“I hope that the moving explosions caused the necessary shock that would make everyone revise their stances,” Berri said in comments published in As Safir newspaper.

A military expert did not find any explosives in a suspicious flower vase near the NBN television station of Speaker Nabih Berri in Beirut, the state-run National News Agency reported Monday.

NNA said the vase had dirt in it in addition to the thinner solvent.

Several rockets and shells were found on Sunday in the Tyre region in south Lebanon, state-run National News Agency reported.

“Three rockets left over from the July War were found in the al-Nsar-Deir Qanoun Ras al-Ain area east of Tyre and Lebanese army experts removed them from the location,” NNA said.

Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi on Sunday offered condolences at al-Taqwa Mosque in Tripoli, the site of one of two powerful bombings that left around 45 people dead and 500 others wounded in the northern city.

“We extend our condolences and say that we're also feeling what you're feeling because the disaster affected everyone,” al-Rahi said in a speech at al-Taqwa Mosque.

The Mustaqbal Movement condemned on Sunday the bombings in the northern city of Tripoli, urging the security forces to deal firmly with those seeking to harm Lebanon's security.

It said in a statement: “We urge all political powers to present concessions for the nation and place national interests above all else.”

State Commissioner to the Military Court Judge Saqr Saqr tasked on Sunday the Army Intelligence and ISF Intelligence Bureau with investigating the bombings in the northern city of Tripoli.

They will be responsible for carrying out the preliminary investigations, gathering evidence, and sweeping the scene of the blast sites.

Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Miqati chaired on Saturday a meeting to address the latest developments in the northern city of Tripoli in light of Friday's twin bombings, reported the pan-Arab daily al-Hayat on Sunday.

It said that the gatherers reached an agreement on a roadmap that will enforce security measures in the city that will protect civil peace and thwart any future terrorist attacks.