Summary
Lebanon's Military Prosecutor Saqr Saqr Monday charged another 38 individuals over gunbattles in Tripoli.
Of the 38 suspects, 18 were from the mainly Alawite neighborhood of Jabal Mohsen and 20 were from the nearby majority Sunni district of Bab al-Tabbaneh, according to a judicial source.
Only two of the suspects – one from Jabal Mohsen and the other from Bab al-Tabbaneh – are in custody.
Saqr referred the case and the two detained men to Military Investigative Judge Fadi Sawwan, who is expected to interrogate the suspects Thursday.
The Lebanese Army also said it arrested a wanted suspect identified as Suleiman Mahmoud al-Ali from Jabal Mohsen.
In the Bekaa Valley, police Monday arrested the head of a car theft ring after a shootout wounded the suspect, a security source said.
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