Lebanon: Appellate Prosecutor concludes preliminary investigations into the Dahr el-Baida explosives file
Appellate Prosecutor Ahmad Al-Hajj concluded investigations into the Dahr el-Baida truck bomb file and referred the reports to Government Commissioner Claude Ghanem; the file involves individuals from Hezbollah.
Translated by Qiyas from كونا — Original source
Beirut -- The Chief Public Prosecutor, Judge Ahmad Al-Hajj, concluded on Tuesday the preliminary investigations conducted by the Information Branch of the Internal Security Forces in the case of the explosives-laden truck at the Dahr el-Bider checkpoint east of the capital, Beirut, which involves suspects linked to Hezbollah. The Lebanese National News Agency reported that the judge received the Information Branch’s investigation records, which “covered the technical aspects of the case, including the seizure of surveillance camera footage and the contents of mobile phones belonging to three of the defendants.” The agency added that the judge will refer these records to the Government Commissioner before the Military Court, Judge Claude Ghanem, “to be appended to the file that Judge Ghanem had previously filed on Friday.” The Government Commissioner had, on October 30, indicted eight individuals linked to Hezbollah in connection with the transportation of the explosives truck seized at the Dahr el-Bider checkpoint, which separates the Mount Lebanon region from the Bekaa. The eight defendants are all known by name, including the two detainees, Ali Al-Kurdi and Haitham Amhaz. At the time, Lebanese Interior Minister Ahmad Al-Hajar announced that personnel at the Dahr el-Bider checkpoint had suspected a gray Dodge Caravan of carrying an overloaded cargo, prompting a search that uncovered a quantity of explosives inside, leading to the arrest of the driver and his companion. (End) A.Y.B. / A.M.S.
