The first military examining magistrate Rashid Mezher issued indictments against 56 individuals belonging to Fatah al-Islam , Al Qaeda and Usbat al-Ansar, a Salafist jihadist organization. | They were accused of forming terrorist gangs for the purpose of committing crimes against people and undermining the authority of the Lebanese state. |
The nationalities of the accused include Lebanese, Syrians, Palestinians , Jordanians and Saudi Arabians . 9 were sentenced in absentia , 18 were detained by the authorities and the rest are of unknown identity. At least 446 people, including 168 soldiers and 226 Fatah al Islam militants, had been killed in the fighting between the army and the Islamist militants during the 105-day siege of the Nahr al-Bared Palestinian refugee camp. Between 400 and 500 soldiers had been wounded and more than 215 militants had been captured.