Judge Saqr refers his review of Samaha’s case to Judge Abou Ghaida for final indictment

              
State Commissioner to the Military Court, Judge Saqr Saqr, refered his review of Former Minister Michel Samaha’s case to the Military Investigative Judge, Riad Abou Ghaida, for final indictment on Monday.              

Former Minister Samaha, was arrested on Thursday 9th of August by the Internal Security Forces’ Information Branch on suspicion of involvement in a plot to carry out terrorist attacks in Lebanon in collaboration with Syria.             

He was charged on Aug. 11 alongside Syrian National Security Bureau head Ali Mamlouk and a Syrian army officer identified as Brig. Gen. Adnan with plotting to assassinate political and religious figures in Lebanon and carrying out terrorist attacks by the government’s deputy commissioner at the Military Tribunal.             

The three men were accused of planning to incite sectarian clashes through terrorist attacks in North Lebanon during the Eid using explosives that Samaha allegedly transported to Lebanon and stored after taking possession of them from Mamlouk and Adnan.