REPORT: Sheikh Menqara released on bail, says he did not have information regarding Tripoli blasts

The First Military Investigative Judge Riad Abou Ghayda released on Monday the 2nd of September Sheikh Hashem Menqara on bail, referred back his file to the State Commissioner to the Military Court Judge Saqr Saqr, and issued two arrest warrants against Sheikh Ahmad Gharib and Mustafa Houry on suspicion of their involvement in Tripoli's twin blasts.                                  

However, Judge Saqr refuted the order of Menqara's release, keeping him under custody, pending the decision of the Military Court of Cassation. 

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.                           

Head of the pro-Syria Islamic Tawhid Movement-Command Council Sheikh Hashem Menqara was detained on Thursday the 29th of August over “withholding information” in regards to the twin blasts that rocked the city of Tripoli.  



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