Conflict Incident Report

State Commissioner to the Military Court charged on Wednesday nine people with belonging to the Islamic State group, reported the National News Agency.
The suspects include detainee Mohammed Ibrahim al-Hujeiri, who is charged with carrying out terrorist attacks, including bombing a meeting of the al-Qalamoun Muslim Scholars committee in the northeastern border town of Arsal on November 5.
He is also accused of tossing a grenade at ant army patrol in Arsal.
He faces the maximum sentence of the death penalty if convicted
Other suspects include four Lebanese and three Syrians.
They are charged with plotting to form an Islamic emirate in the North and bombing the Shekka tunnel for the aim of separating the North from the rest of the Lebanese areas.
They may also face the death penalty if convicted.
Saqr has since referred their case to First Military Examining Magistrate Judge Riad Abou Ghida.
At least six people were killed in a bombing that targeted a meeting of the al-Qalamoun Muslim Scholars committee in Arsal.
The Qalamoun Muslim scholars committee is concerned with aiding Syrian refugees and catering to the needs of their encampments.
Hujeiri had confessed to his involvement in the blast earlier this week, announced the army on Tuesday.

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