A "dangerous terrorist" wanted in connection with car bomb attacks against the powerful Lebanese Shiite group Hezbollah was killed Thursday in a shootout as security forces tried to arrest him, the army said. Army intelligence had tracked Sami al-Atrash to a hideout in the town of Arsal near the Syrian border and closed in on him Thursday after**on, a statement said. Atrash was wanted for "preparing car bombs, firing rockets and mortars at Lebanese towns and villages, kidnapping civilians and involvement in the murder of four" people. Hezbollah is allied with the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and has sent fighters to help him in that country's civil war.
03-27-2014, 10:09 PM
Suspect in Leba**n car bombings killed in shootout
A "dangerous terrorist" wanted in connection with car bomb attacks against the powerful Lebanese Shiite group Hezbollah was killed Thursday in a shootout as security forces tried to arrest him, the army said. Army intelligence had tracked Sami al-Atrash to a hideout in the town of Arsal near the Syrian border and closed in on him Thursday after**on, a statement said. Atrash was wanted for "preparing car bombs, firing rockets and mortars at Lebanese towns and villages, kidnapping civilians and involvement in the murder of four" people. Hezbollah is allied with the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and has sent fighters to help him in that country's civil war.
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