Abdul Latif Saleh to LBCI: Authorities should penalize those involved in Tripoli’s blasts

The media official of the Arab Democratic Party Abdul Latif Saleh said on Wednesday that residents of Tripoli’s Jabal Mohsen are concerned over the latest security incidents at the northern Lebanese city, stressing the importance of awaiting the judicial outcome in regards to the explosions that targeted the city.         

Saleh expressed via LBCI’s Nharkom Said the Arab Democratic Party’s support to penalizing those involved in the explosions.                    

On Friday the 23rd of August, two explosions rocked the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli near the al-Taqwa and al-Salam mosques, leaving 45 killed and almost 500 others injured.                                           
In the details, one blast occurred outside the al-Taqwa mosque as Friday prayers ended, while the other hit central Tripoli near the al-Salam mosque facing the residence of the former general director of the Lebanese Internal Security Forces Major General Ashraf Rifi.         

The al-Taqwa mosque is where hardline Salafist Sheikh Salem Rafei preaches. He has been known for his anti-Syrian regime sentiment.                      

The blasts came amid rising tension in Lebanon resulting from Syria's civil war, which has sharply polarized the country along sectarian lines and between supporters and opponents of the regime of President Bashar Assad.