Lebanese army announced on Saturday the arrest of ISIL terrorist who was plotting an assassination of a high-ranking officer of the military institution.
The militant, Hassan Hamed Al Hassan, was arrested in the course of anti-terror operation. He was responsible for the group’s security and logistics, as well as was ordered by a group of ISIL commanders to prepare an assassination of a high-ranking officer of the Lebanese army, according to a statement by the Lebanese army.
“Following its monitoring of dormant terrorist organization cells within its preemptive security operations, the Army Intelligence Directorate arrested Saturday Hassan Hamad al-Hassan on charges of belonging to Daesh terrorist organization and preparing for the assassination of a senior army officer,” an Army Command communiqué read, referring to the Arabic acronym of ISIL.
The arrested terrorist was planning to target a senior army officer via a sniper operation or by means of an explosive device, the statement said, adding that the terrorist was commissioned by his operating cell in al-Raqqa to prepare the necessary explosives to be used in the bombing of Lebanese army facilities and centers, as well as several northern villages.
“Al-Hassan had requested his operating cell to secure an explosive belt to be used in a suicide operation. He also provided one of the terrorist organization leaders in Arsal’s outskirts with information on underway preparations for the Lebanese army’s “Fajr al-Joroud” operation, the Army communiqué concluded.
Source: Agencies
