Damascus (AFP) - Syrian authorities have arrested Suleiman al-Assad, a cousin of the president accused of killing a military officer in a road rage incident, official news agency SANA said Monday.
"Suleiman Hilal al-Assad has been arrested and transferred to the appropriate authorities," SANA reported, without adding details.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group, citing local sources, said he was detained on the road between Latakia and Qardaha, President Bashar al-Assad's ancestral village.
Suleiman al-Assad, a first cousin once removed of the president, is accused of shooting dead air force Colonel Hassan al-Sheikh in an apparent road rage incident on Thursday evening.