3 People Arrested for Attacking Deacon in Lassa
The number of suspects arrested for assaulting a deacon and another man earlier this month in the predominantly Shiite town of Lassa rose to three after two more people admitted to the crime, the National News Agency reported Saturday.
NNA said that Rouwad al-Moqdad, 30, and Fares al-Moqdad, 28, were handed over to the military police after admitting that they were behind the assault on Deacon Tony Hakim and his companion Anis Daou on Aug. 20.
Security forces arrested two days ago Mohammed Itawi who also admitted to participating on the assault on Hakim as he escorted security forces to implement a judicial order to demolish illegal construction on land owned by the Maronite patriarchate.
The residents of Lassa, which lies in the district of Jbeil, are caught in a land dispute with the church. The March 14-led opposition accuses Hizbullah of allowing the residents to build on church land and providing a cover for the property violators.
NNA said that investigations are ongoing to find those who instigated the attack.
over 14 years
Oh were are the sectarians (LSM) comments now!
still sometimes Naharnet allows the street thugs to leave silly comments
MrBrain
over 14 years
Agree with Hiram. Is this for show or will they be descreetly released in a few days? Will there be a trial? I'm not jumping to conclusions at this point. We'll just have to wait and see.
over 14 years
numbrain my favorite chimp, please stop flinging your fesses about this is not a loyalty to the resistance block buffet iftar. The sectarian monkeys are the ones who beat up the Christian deacon for being Christian and are like you part of an army of chimps claiming sainthood lead by a sewer dwelling sectarian Mojo Jojo.
over 14 years
Just always prevails.
I just hope that they will serve time and not just drive straight to Dahye.
over 14 years
If not from some tireless voices keeping this story in the spotlight those sectarian thugs would still be fee today threatening their peaceful neighbors and their property. God knows the local elected MPs weren't gonna do anything about this attack. After all they owe their Parliament seats to those sectarian thugs and their masters and they were ordered to keep their mouth shut.
over 14 years
Scum bags....if a Christian attacked a Shia holy man there would be utter chaos....Hezbollah ur a cancer (in the words if najib mikati)
over 14 years
Hizbollah's thugs murdered a young Lebanese army helicopter pilot and got away with it. The killer spent a few months in jail. Lassa's thugs will probably go through a revolving door.
over 14 years
What if and what if....Why i didn't think about it? Young LSM are jumping around...
MrBrain
Lets see how serious this is and what time they will serve in jail.