BEIRUT: Lebanese troops have arrested the leader of the Al-Qaeda-linked group that claimed a double suicide bombing at the Iranian Embassy in Beirut in November, the defense minister told AFP Wednesday.
Majid Al-Majid, the “emir” of the Abdullah Azzam Brigades, “was arrested by the intelligence services of the Lebanese Army in Beirut,” Defense Minister Fayez Ghosn said, without specifying when the arrest took place.
“He was wanted by the Lebanese authorities and is currently being interrogated in secret,” the minister added. Majid was on a list of 85 suspects wanted by the kingdom.
The Azzam Brigades was designated in the United States as a “terrorist organization” in 2012, and has in the past claimed responsibility for firing rockets into Israel from Lebanon.
The group was formed in 2009 and is believed to have branches in both Lebanon and the Arabian Peninsula. According to the group's sites, Majid was revealed to be the leader of the Brigades in 2012.
On Wednesday, a Twitter account belonging to Sirajeddin Zreikat, a member of the Sunni Muslim extremist group, appeared to have been suspended.
Zreikat had claimed responsibility in the group’s name for the double bombing at the Iranian Embassy in Beirut that killed 25 people
Majid Al-Majid, the “emir” of the Abdullah Azzam Brigades, “was arrested by the intelligence services of the Lebanese Army in Beirut,” Defense Minister Fayez Ghosn said, without specifying when the arrest took place.
“He was wanted by the Lebanese authorities and is currently being interrogated in secret,” the minister added. Majid was on a list of 85 suspects wanted by the kingdom.
The Azzam Brigades was designated in the United States as a “terrorist organization” in 2012, and has in the past claimed responsibility for firing rockets into Israel from Lebanon.
The group was formed in 2009 and is believed to have branches in both Lebanon and the Arabian Peninsula. According to the group's sites, Majid was revealed to be the leader of the Brigades in 2012.
On Wednesday, a Twitter account belonging to Sirajeddin Zreikat, a member of the Sunni Muslim extremist group, appeared to have been suspended.
Zreikat had claimed responsibility in the group’s name for the double bombing at the Iranian Embassy in Beirut that killed 25 people
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