Army Circulates Photo of Another 'Dangerous Fugitive'

The army circulated on Wednesday afternoon the picture of a “dangerous” fugitive for his involvement in committing a crime.

The military institution called on “anyone who recognizes him to call the Army Command's operations center on the number 1701."

Meanwhile, radio Voice of Lebanon (100.5) said the photo that was made public belongs to a man involved in the blasts that hit the Bir Hassan neighborhood of Beirut earlier on Wednesday.

Later in the evening, the state-run National News Agency confirmed these reports, announcing that the circulated photo belongs to Palestinian Nidal al-Moghayar.

"He is one of the suicide bombers behind today's Bir Hassan blasts," the NNA stated, adding that al-Moghayar is a supporter of Salafist cleric Ahmed al-Assir.

Al-Jadeed television had noted that the father of al-Moghayar contacted the army intelligence after realizing that the photo on the fake ID found at the scene of the blasts is that of his son.

The army's announcement comes hours after two suicide bombing went off near an Iranian cultural center in Beirut's southern suburbs, killing six people and wounding over 100 others.

The Abdullah Azzam Brigades claimed the attack on its twitter account.

“The brothers of the Abdullah Azzam Brigades, of the Hussein bin Ali Brigades claim the attack against the Iranian cultural center, which was a double martyrdom operation," it said.

The army on Monday also circulated a picture of a man whom it described as a “dangerous fugitive” who is wanted “for committing a certain crime.”

The photograph turned out to belong to a Syrian man who was an assistant to detained Qaida-linked militant Naim Abbas.

“The picture is that of Syrian national Fares Hussein al-Hmoud, aka Fadi, who was an executive assistant to the detainee Naim Abbas,” LBCI television said on Tuesday.

“He is 20 years old and very dangerous,” LBCI added.