Suspect handed over to Lebanese investigators is a supporter of Hizbullah “but not a member”
The man’s arrest is the latest of several arrests by authorities and potentially the most significant. Hizbullah officials have told investigators he was one of the men who fired at the Irishmen’s vehicle.
“There’s a huge appetite to reduce tensions and put a lid on this thing. This is one way of doing that,” they said. A Hizbullah official confirmed a man had been handed over to army investigators. He told The Irish Times the suspect was “a supporter, not a member” of the group.
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