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General Security arrests Jalal Mansour

Date of incident: 
April 13, 2017
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Lebanese Civilians
General Security

NNA - The Lebanese General Security said  that it had succeeded in apprehending one of the most wanted terrorists in Lebanon after receiving the approval of the concerned judicial authorities and tracking the arrestees' whereabouts in a northern Lebanese city. 

Jalal Mansour confessed affiliation to Shadi Al-Mawalwi and Osama Mansour (killed last year) terrorist groups. He also admitted support to Al-Nusra front in its fight against the Lebanese army. He also pleaded guilty to having kidnapped a military officer in Tripoli, trading weapons, and recruiting people to serve terrorist plots. 

In further details, the arrestee is the brother of terrorist Osama Mansour, and is wanted by the Lebanese Judiciary as per more than forty arrest warrants in abstention, a death sentence, and a verdict of life imprisonment with hard labor. 
 

This security incident was mapped according to the closest possible location.
Source Link: 
http://nna-leb.gov.lb/en/show-news/78100/General-Security-apprehe…
Primary category: 
Arrest/Detention
Classification of conflict (primary): 
Power & governance conflicts
Violent or non-violent conflicts associated with antagonisms related to internal political tensions between local and/or national groups and parties. These tensions may be encouraged by internal, regional and international parties. Such conflicts are characterized by their defiance and/or opposition to central State power and governance.
Classification of conflict(secondary):
Border conflicts (Syrian border)
Violations, disputes and/or conflicts arising between rival armed groups along the Lebanese/Syrian borders which involve parties or militant groups from the Lebanese and Syrian side in both Lebanon and Syria. These conflicts also encompass transnational groups (such as faith-based regional groups, e.g. ISIS, al-Nusra Front) that cannot be considered as strictly Syrian, Lebanese or of any other national entity.