BEIRUT: The terrorist cell arrested by the Army was planning to assassinate the head of General Security in north Lebanon, Lt. Col. Khattar Nassereddine, a security source said.
Describing Nassereddine as close to General Security Director General Maj. Gen. Abbas Ibrahim , the source, speaking on condition of anonymity, told The Daily Star that the five-member cell blamed the official for the arrest of “many young Muslims in the northern city of Tripoli.”
The suspects accuse the security chief of preparing reports for Lebanese Army intelligence about the activities of Muslim youths in Tripoli, the source said.
Nassereddine was also behind the controversial, brief arrest of Islamist Shadi Mawlawi in 2012.