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Judge Saqr charges nine people with belonging to IS

18-11-2015 | 09:03

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The state-run National News Agency reported on Wednesday that State Commissioner to the Military Court Judge Saqr Saqr charged nine people with belonging to the Islamic State group.

The suspects include arrestee Mohammed Ibrahim al-Houjeiri, who is charged with carrying out terrorist attacks, including bombing a meeting of the al-Qalamoun Muslim Scholars committee in the border town of Arsal on November 5.

He is also accused of tossing a grenade at a Lebanese army patrol in the same town.

If convicted, he will face the maximum sentence of the death penalty.

Other suspects are identified as four Lebanese and three Syrians.

They are charged with plotting to form an Islamic emirate in North Lebanon and bombing the Shekka tunnel in order to separate the North from the rest of the Lebanese regions.

They may also face the death penalty if convicted.

Saqr has since referred the arrestees and their case to First Military Examining Magistrate Judge Riad Abou Ghida.

At least six people were killed during 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 providing the needs of their encampments.

Houjeiri had confessed to his involvement in the blast earlier this week, announced the army on Tuesday.

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