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Organizers of Beirut Terrorist Attacks Arrested

© AP Photo / Bilal HusseinLebanese Army soldiers stand guard a day after a twin suicide attack in Burj al-Barajneh, southern Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, Nov. 13, 2015
Lebanese Army soldiers stand guard a day after a twin suicide attack in Burj al-Barajneh, southern Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, Nov. 13, 2015 - Sputnik International
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Lebanese Interior Minister Nohad Machnouk said that seven Syrian citizens and two Lebanese, the organizers and accomplices in the recent terrorist attacks in the southern suburbs of Beirut, were arrested.

BEIRUT (Sputnik) — Lebanese security services arrested the organizers and accomplices in the recent terrorist attacks in the southern suburbs of Beirut, the country's Interior Minister Nohad Machnouk said Sunday.

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"Seven Syrian citizens and two Lebanese were arrested, one of them is a suicide bomber. And there is information about five other suicide bombers," the minister said at a press conference in Beirut.

He added that those who had sent five suicide bombers were preparing to carry out more than one terrorist attack.

On Thursday, twin blasts hit Beirut’s Burj al-Barajneh neighborhood. At least 43 people died and 239 were injured, according to the Red Cross. The Islamic State jihadist group claimed responsibility for the attack.

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