Father of Lebanese soldier killed by Nusra Front admits revenge murder on TV
BEIRUT - The father of a Lebanese soldier kidnapped and killed by al Qaeda's Syrian wing said on television on Tuesday that he had killed the nephew of a man he accused of being involved in the murder and had dumped the body near his son's grave.
Soldier Muhammad Maarouf Hamiyeh was among a group of Lebanese soldiers and policemen captured in an attack by ISIS and Nusra Front militants on the Lebanese border town of Arsal in August 2014. He was killed four months later by the al Qaeda-affiliated Nusra Front.
Some of those captured were killed, some were released and nine are still being held by Islamic State.
