Lebanese army arrests militants over links to soldier shooting
BEIRUT -- The Lebanese army on Wednesday said it had arrested four people in connection with the fatal shooting of a soldier and the wounding of a second on Sunday at a military installation in northern Lebanon.
Four people were arrested in dawn raids in Beqaa Safrin, the town where the attack took place, and weapons used in the shooting were seized, an army statement carried by the state National News Agency said.
An army source said the men were Lebanese and belonged to an Islamic State militant cell.
