LBC television station
reported on Thursday that Lebanese citizen Shadi al-Mawlawi, whose arrest
sparked protests and armed clashes in the northern city of Tripoli, had
admitted to having bought weapons and sent them to Syrian rebels.
“In his first testimony,
Mawlawi told the investigative judge that he received an amount of money and
used it to buy four Kalashnikov rifles and sent them to the Syrian rebels… but
he [later] changed his testimony,” the report said.
The report added that “a
Qatari national whose last name is Attieh gave $4,000 to a Jordanian national
from the Abdel Malak family, who, in turn, gave the money to Mawlawi.”
“Mawlawi used the money to
buy four Kalashnikov rifles and sent them to the Syrian rebels,” the report
added.
“When Mawlawi was
confronted with the Jordanian national, he claimed he did not know him, but the
latter confirmed that they had met and he had given him money destined for the
Syrian rebels.”
Deadly clashes broke out on Saturday in Tripoli between Islamists and the
army as young demonstrators, sympathizers of the revolt in Syria, tried to
approach the offices of the pro-President Bashar al-Assad Syrian Social
Nationalist Party.
The clashes followed the arrest of Mawlawi by the General Security at a social services center that belongs to Finance Minister Mohammad Safadi. After his arrest, 100 young men blocked the northern and southern roads into Tripoli.
The clashes followed the arrest of Mawlawi by the General Security at a social services center that belongs to Finance Minister Mohammad Safadi. After his arrest, 100 young men blocked the northern and southern roads into Tripoli.
The ensuing sectarian
clashes left nine people dead and some 50 wounded.
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