Murr: Army Crackdown on Killers to Continue…No Going Back
The Lebanese army will hunt down those behind the killing of four soldiers and there is "no going back," Defense Minister Elias Murr vowed.
In an interview with the daily An Nahar published Thursday, Murr said that security services know the secret hiding places of the wanted men.
"The crackdown will continue until they (wanted men) are arrested," Murr said.
Meanwhile, the army continued a hunt for drug lords behind the deadly ambush on a Lebanese army patrol.
On Monday, assailants raked an army patrol with bullets and blasted it with a rocket-propelled grenade, killing four soldiers and critically wounding an officer, in an apparent drugs-related ambush in the Bekaa.
The manhunt widened on Thursday to cover various towns and neighborhoods surrounding Sharawneh and Dar el-Wasaa in Baalbek.
An army spokesman had said the raids would continue until those behind the attack were arrested.
"We will raid every region and every location where we have information on suspects," he said. "We have raided a number of homes and detained several suspects wanted in previous cases but they don”t include those behind Monday”s attack."
An army statement on Wednesday said that 69 detainees are wanted for committing a wide range of crimes.