The Lebanese army detained a suspect over the weekend in the recent killing of an Irish UN peacekeeper in a move co-ordinated with the armed group Hizbullah, two security sources and a Hizbullah spokesman said
Security sources in Lebanon said a number of people had already been arrested by Lebanese military investigators for questioning before being released. Investigators have also obtained CCTV footage of the moments leading up to the attack.
“I’d be waiting to see what direction this goes before getting too excited,” said a diplomatic source. “[Hizbullah] calls the shots down there.” “There are three investigations currently ongoing into this incident. As these investigations are currently ongoing the Defence Forces has no further comment to make at this time.”A spokesman said there is an “ongoing investigation into this tragic incident, therefore we can’t pre-empt its results and we need to protect the outcome of the investigation”.
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