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Lebanon arrests ISIS militant with role in Tripoli bombings

Associated Timeline/Case: 
Tripoli Clashes (starting June 20, 2014)
Date of incident: 
August 31, 2015
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
ISIS (Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL))
General Security
Lebanese Civilians

Lebanon’s General Security announced Monday that it had arrested an ISIS militant who had a role in the twin suicide bombings that struck the Tripoli neighborhood of Jabal Mohsen in January, leaving nine dead. Lebanese national S. I. confessed to interrogators that he recruited others to join ISIS and fight among its ranks, undertake military training where he was taught explosives handling and spy on Army troops as part of terror plots, a General Security statement said. The man also confessed to providing shelter and explosives to two ISIS militants, Taha Khayyal and Bilal al-Merehyan, and helping them move to Jabal Mohsen to carry out the bombings. He said Lebanese nationals B.N. and A.A assisted him in the operation. http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Lebanon-News/2015/Aug-31/313415-lebanon...

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.
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