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Two Syrian officials indicted in Lebanon's twin bombings

Xinhua, September 3, 2016 Adjust font size:

The Lebanese judicial investigator issued Friday an indictment in the bombing case in Tripoli, accusing two Syrian intelligence officers of planning the attack, the state-run National News Agency reported.

Judge Alaa al-Khatib indicted two Syrian intelligence officers who supervised the operation. The first is a captain in the Syrian Intelligence Palestine Branch Mohammed Ali Ali and an official in the Political Security Division Nassr Juban, added NNA.

The indictment issued arrest warrants against the suspects and a permanent investigation to uncover the identities of involved senior officials who gave orders and orchestrated the attack.

It added that investigations have shown that the orders originated from a senior security branch in the Syrian Intelligence.

On August 23, 2013, two car bombs exploded outside the al-Taqwa and al-Salam mosques in Tripoli, leaving 45 people dead and more than 800 injured. Endit