TRIPOLI, Lebanon: The Lebanese Army Friday arrested a man in Tripoli, north Lebanon, for allegedly fueling sectarian hatred on Facebook.
A security source told The Daily Star that intelligence agents arrested Mehdi M., nicknamed Abu Ali Al-Sunni, at his shop on Mitein Street in Tripoli. The agents also confiscated his computer.
The source said Mehdi is accused of creating several Facebook pages to fabricate news and incite sectarian strife.
Among the news pages he runs is Shabakat Akhbar Bab al-Tabbaneh, which has about 4,000 likes.
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