State commissioner to
the military court Judge Saqr Saqr denied on Friday that he ordered the release
of 11 suspects, who were detained over their involvement in the latest
gunbattles in the northern city of Tripoli.
Voice of Lebanon radio
(100.5) reported that Saqr ruled out reports saying that Prime Minister Najib
Miqati intervened for the release of the men.
He noted, according to
the radio station, that he didn’t order the arrest or release of any person
over the incident
On Sunday, the army
issued a communique confirming the arrest of 18 people, saying it seized
quantities of arms, ammunition and military hardware after a patrol came under
fire in al-Zahriyeh.
The National News Agency
reported on Thursday that seven suspects will be referred to the Military
Tribunal for legal measures if there was evidence of their involvement in the
Tripoli clashes.
The NNA added that the
remaining 11 were freed for not having ties to the clashes between the majority
Sunni Bab al-Tabbaneh and the mainly Alawite Jabal Mohsen.
But according to
al-Mustaqbal daily, the 11 men, who are from al-Mouri family, were on Sunday
seized along with two truckloads of weapons and ammunition in al-Zahriyeh
neighborhood.
Life slowly returned to
normal in Tripoli on Monday after six days of gunbattles between the rival
neighborhoods, which left scores of casualties.http://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/51878
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