BEIRUT: Lebanon Thursday issued arrest warrants for two Syrian nationals, including the ISIS commander whose apprehension by the Lebanese Army ignited gunbattles in the Bekaa Valley border town of Arsal earlier in August.
Military Investigative Judge Imad Zein issued arrest warrants for Imad Ahmad Jomaa, an ISIS commander in Syria’s Qalamoun region, and Ahmad Jomaa. According to a judicial source there is no relation between the two men.
Both Jomaas were charged with belonging to a terror group, carrying out terrorist activities, as well as plotting the Aug. 2 attack on Arsal that resulted in the deaths civilians as well as the killing and kidnapping of policemen and Lebanese soldiers.
Zein also charged them with undermining the authority of the state and trying to establish an Islamist emirate in Arsal.
The judicial source refrained from revealing the content of the confessions made by either suspect in order to protect secrecy of the investigation.
Zein will continue to interrogate the remaining 18 suspects – 14 Syrians and four Lebanese – held in connection to the Arsal clashes, the source added.
He said the interrogations would be carried out in batches beginning next week.
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