Robbers of Cars Used in Haret Hreik, Hermel Explosions Arrested

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Security forces arrested on Tuesday the robber of the car that exploded in the Beirut neighborhood of Haret Hreik, and the person that stole the booby-trapped vehicle that targeted the eastern town of Hermel earlier this month.

"Security forces detained both robbers of the cars used in Tuesday's explosion and in Hermel's blast,” al-Jadeed television reported.

MTV confirmed the news, identifying the man who stole the car used in the Haret Hreik explosion as Nabil Ahmed al-Moussawi.

"The judicial police's International Anti-Theft Bureau arrested al-Moussawi,” it said.

Al-Jadeed later revealed that al-Moussawi confessed to stealing several Kia cars, among them the vehicle that was used in the Beirut suburb's explosion.

Future TV added: "Al-Moussawi confessed to stealing both the cars that exploded in Hermel and Haret Hreik and revealed that he had sold them to Maher Tleis, who in turn took them to Syria."

Later on Tuesday, al-Jadeed said "the relatives of the Kia cars' thief Nabil al-Moussawi have disavowed his acts and urged the state to inflict the maximum penalty on him."

A car bombing targeted on Thursday the eastern town of Hermel, a Hizbullah stronghold, killing one person and wounding more than 26.

Meanwhile, at least four people were killed on Tuesday in a suicide bombing that rocked Beirut's southern suburbs.

A group calling itself al-Nusra Front in Lebanon, believed to be a franchise of the Syrian al-Qaida-linked group, claimed responsibility for both attacks.

Comments 30
Thumb ice-man 21 January 2014, 19:14

Nabil Ahmed al-Moussawi?

Thumb cedre 21 January 2014, 20:20

defo, it sounds bad like usual syrian scenarii, lets see...

Thumb general_puppet 21 January 2014, 21:26

Sagh, why post so much irrelevant nonsense… are you a student of the_snore?

Thumb ice-man 21 January 2014, 21:30

@suspended-sagh: Please, tell me how many down votes I am going to get tonight. I would like to know before I go to bed. Please?

Thumb _mowaten_ 22 January 2014, 11:19

according to... "allegations by Western intelligence sources, who spoke on condition of anonymity"

ROFL. keep it up popeye, we need our daily laugh.

Thumb _mowaten_ 22 January 2014, 11:23

anonymetexas: your comment is disgustingly sectarian, but also, and most importantly, completely WRONG on the basic facts.

moussawi (who may be shia i dont have a certainty about that but it's quite possible) stole the car and sold it. nothing says he knew anything about a bombing or has any link to the bombers.

the person he sold it to, maher tleis (who i think is sunni, because mustafa tleis for instance is sunni) could be involved and could also not be involved (he could be just a fence, buying and selling stolen cars). so until any investigation is completed, kindly keep your accusations, and especially your SECTARIAN accusations, for yourself.

Thumb _mowaten_ 22 January 2014, 18:54

how do you write tleis in arabic? isnt it طلاس ?

as for what i said, you pretend you didnt understand but i know you did. whatever their sect, stealing a car and selling it doesnt make them accomplices of the terrorists, unless they knew what the buyers were going to do with it.
use your head for a second, if you were the terrorist, would you tell the person you're buying the car from that you were going to use it for a terrorist attack??

and nusra claimed responsibility anyway, so it cuts it short.

Thumb _mowaten_ 22 January 2014, 20:27

actually, if they are followers of tufeili, then it confirms even more what i think. tufeili has sided with takfiris, he lives in saudi and is on their payroll and has been trained to spew venom on hezbollah on demand, everytime they put him in front of a camera.

Thumb geha 21 January 2014, 19:14

doud el khal mino we fi.

any news about the chatah bombing investigation?

Thumb ice-man 21 January 2014, 19:19

nothing yet, still looking for the car thief.

Thumb ice-man 21 January 2014, 19:59

samy, please never drive a KIA. It is a takfiri car.

Thumb cedre 21 January 2014, 20:21

icey u're so funny, u miss rft though...

Thumb cedre 21 January 2014, 20:23

*we still miss rft though

Thumb _mowaten_ 22 January 2014, 19:20

do you also miss oqab? lol

Thumb popeye 21 January 2014, 19:31

Future TV added: "Al-Moussawi confessed to stealing both the cars that exploded in Hermel and Haret Hreik and revealed that he had sold them to Maher Tleis, who in turn took them to Syria."

Thumb ice-man 21 January 2014, 19:38

KIA is not a good car to have these day for sure.

Thumb LEBhasNOhope 21 January 2014, 19:42

How in the world would they found who stole the car now? if they are aware of the car thieves then why are they not in jail? It is OK to steal cars, just don't sell the suicide bombers? what a banana republic!

Thumb ice-man 21 January 2014, 19:55

It seems they new who the car thief was beforehand. Since he is from ashraf el nass it was hush hush. However, when the explosion took place today, they had to question him.

Thumb ice-man 21 January 2014, 19:57

knew not new.

Thumb LEBhasNOhope 21 January 2014, 20:10

Like I said. He had permission to steal cars at will.

Missing greatpierro 21 January 2014, 21:23

Bravo. Dead on. To me it seems that the terroriste regime of el Assad is manipulating the lebanese as it has done it for the past 45 years

Thumb -phoenix1 21 January 2014, 19:46

(1). Personally I always always welcome whenever the culprits are caught and reprimanded, always. It gives me the satisfaction that at least justice is being done. But as I mentioned previously in other posts, that to provide justice swiftly where it concerns attacks on Hezbollah, and yet drag feet when it comes to M14 victims means one thing only, that there is a blatant imbalance of the law in Lebanon. If it came to me alone, and if I had the means, I wouldn't allow one hair of one Lebanese citizen to be harmed, be it Hezbollah or other Lebanese party affiliated citizen. But in all fairness, there have been so many assassinations on M14 people, to this day most haven't received an iota of the attention that is given Hezbollah's terror victims.

Thumb -phoenix1 21 January 2014, 19:48

(1). We are ALL Lebanese, the same Lebanese, we all share the very same blood in our veins, when one Lebanese dies from any terror attack, everyone should be equal, period, anything else means nothing to me. Even though I am relieved that culprits are being arrested today, but it still leaves a bitter feeling in my heart that the same hasn't been done for M14 victims. Terrible shame to say the least. This on its own merit has the effect of keeping the divide between people of the same and one nation.

Missing greatpierro 21 January 2014, 21:25

Leaves a bitter feeling in mine too especially that8 supporters are denying the legitimacy of the STL. That is they are denying the mere fact of judging the murder of lebanese leaders that were opposes to the Syrian occupation of Lebanon.

Thumb Mazen 21 January 2014, 19:54

Nabil Ahmed al-Moussawi.. humm so they were right after all, you know the ones who the day of the two Tripoli bombs claimed that the same perpetrator was behind the Dahieh and the Tripoli bombings.. umm, remind me again who's accused of the Tripoli bombings? WILL THE REAL MICHEL SAMAHA PLEASE STAND UP..

Thumb ice-man 21 January 2014, 20:04

both work for Assad.

Thumb -phoenix1 22 January 2014, 14:36

Actually now that we're talking of trolls, wlik min illou jalad to make several profiles and spend hours thumbing down or up people, 30 plus and still going?! Please, let us that are 100% genuine posters, people who've NEVER had but ONE profile, just come and mark your Alias here. Our only weapon is our honesty and integrity and please, please, let the mods ascertain who is lying and who is truthful. I am first to take the challenge : -Phoenix1.

Missing peace 22 January 2014, 18:13

waw! how fast they are in finding culprits... they are unable to find a clue for M14 assassinations but here? waw!
these bombings are all a set up planned by hezbis to justify their syrian killing spree...

Missing peace 22 January 2014, 19:53

sure and all the more easier when hezbis plant their "evidence" .... hahaha!

Missing roxtox 22 January 2014, 22:06

I just gotta say that Lebanese police get more confessions than any other police force in the world. I wonder about their interrogation techniques... I mean really it's like Lebanese criminals are just waiting to confess.