SIDON, Lebanon: The Army summoned dozens of supporters of radical Sheikh Ahmad al-Assir for questioning hours after investigators identified two men with links to the preacher as the perpetrators of last week’s twin suicide bombings at the Iranian Embassy in Beirut, security sources told The Daily Star.
As the Army-led investigation continues, some of the men wanted for questioning have gone into hiding, with one group taking refuge in the Ain al-Hilweh refugee camp on the outskirts of Sidon, the sources said.
Over the weekend, authorities identified a Lebanese resident of Sidon and a Palestinian from Ain al-Hilweh, both with alleged links to Assir, as the two bombers behind the deadly Nov. 19 attack. Authorities are now focusing their search on the parties potentially behind the attack.