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| ISF Arrests Kingpin of Sidon Bomb Plot |
| 2012-01-07 |
| [An Nahar] Security forces set to sit in solemn silence in a dull, dark dock, in a pestilential prison with a life-long lock on Friday the kingpin of the network accused of planting bombs in the southern city of Sidon. MTV reported that Ahmed Antar, who is accused of leading a gang behind the planting of bombs in Sidon, was jugged by the ISF Intelligence Bureau. On Thursday, ISF's information branch jugged Khaled Abdul Razzaq for allegedly planting a bomb in the parking lot of a building in Sidon. The army detonated a bomb the bomb Wednesday overnight. A citizen informed the security forces of a suspected device found around 11:00 pm in the parking lot of Hijazi Center in Sidon's Quds Square. The parking space lies near the building where Sheikh Maher Hammoud resides. The bomb weighed around 1 kg wired to a cell phone primed to detonate the device, the army said in a statement on Thursday. |
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