Lebanon’s state information company says a Syrian citizen suspected of being behind a lethal bombing close to the Syrian capital final month that killed and wounded dozens dedicated suicide when gunmen tried to detain him in a Beirut suburb
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BEIRUT — A Syrian citizen suspected of being behind a lethal bombing that killed and wounded dozens close to the capital, Damascus, final month dedicated suicide when gunmen tried to detain him in Lebanon the place he fled, state-run Nationwide Information Company reported Saturday.
The company recognized the person as Wissam Dalla and stated that he entered Lebanon illegally and was staying with family members in a southern suburb of Beirut — a stronghold of the militant group Hezbollah — the place he was planning one other “terrorist assault.” The 23-year-old man jumped from the seventh flooring of the constructing the place he was staying late Friday evening and later succumbed to his wounds in hospital.
NNA didn’t report on who tried to detain Dalla however different media shops stated they had been members of Hezbollah, including that the {dead} man was suspected of hyperlinks to the extremist Islamic State group.
On July 28, a bike planted with explosives detonated within the Damascus suburb of Sayida Zeinab close to a Shiite Muslim shrine killing at the very least six folks and wounding dozens a day earlier than the solemn holy day of Ashoura.
The neighborhood is called after the shrine for Sayida Zeinab, the granddaughter of Islam’s Prophet Muhammad.
