“Lebanon Debate”
The Mukhtar of Halba, Khaled Ismat Al-Halabi, reveals to “Lebanon Debate” that “the situation has recently returned to worsening in Halba, because the people of Halba were promised the release of the arrested person (A.H.), but that did not happen, which prompted them to re-close the roads again in protest against the continued… “Arrest him.”
Regarding the details of the arrest, the story begins from the beginning. The young man, as Al-Mukhtar describes him, was born from the womb of the October 17 Revolution. He revealed that during the revolution, he and other young men were guarding the town and protecting shops and homes out of fear for the region, and he became loved by the people.
It is not denied that there is a file against him related to shooting at migratory birds, and there was a problem within the night guard with people in Halba and there was shooting at that time between the two parties and it was resolved and Haq was dropped at that time, and he has arrest warrants against the background of this matter.
He also refers to an attempt to fabricate charges against him for the crime of slandering people, even though this matter is not true at all, and he stressed that the matter took on a greater magnitude than it was.
He was surprised by the method of the raid that was carried out to arrest him, revealing that he, as Mukhtar, had previously coordinated with the commander of the region and the governor that he was ready to hand him over at any time they wanted and carry out the sentences against him, and he asked for some time, especially since the region could not bear to conduct a raid because the situation in Akkar is somewhat difficult. There are attempts to alleviate it, especially in light of the difficult living conditions and the presence of many displaced people.
Despite the response, the raid was carried out yesterday in a difficult manner on a side road, and they opened fire on his car (Jeep), which led to it falling into the ditch and wounding him in his hand. Some spoke of an injury to his abdomen as well.
He said that some people spread a rumor among the people that the young man had been hit with five bullets in his stomach and had died, which led to the street falling apart quickly, so he, as Mukhtar and his kinship with the young man, tried to go down to the street and tried to calm things down and communicated with the agencies to learn about his fate, especially since the news of his death would spark The street, and in the first period, for half an hour, none of the devices responded, as all of them denied their presence.
He revealed that a lieutenant in the Information Branch reassured him that the young man was in Beirut and in good health, and he only had an injury to his hand. As for who carried out the raid? It is clear that it is a strike force that came to Halba from Beirut, and perhaps it is from the Judicial Police or State Security. There is no confirmed information yet.
He depicted the scene of the raid that took place. The jeep was hit by more than 7 bullets and was in a large trench. He wondered why the road had not been blocked instead of shooting, denying that an exchange of fire had occurred between the patrol and him.
He talks about initially fearing that the young man might have been kidnapped because any of the agencies revealed his presence to them, and this matter, in his opinion, is what caused the strong reaction in the street.
He says, one of the officers called to tell me that young men had gone up to the Serail to besiege it, and many people from the Akkar area had come because it was very popular with the people of the area, so I went there to calm them down and we took some time to calm the street.
He confirms that the army cooperated positively with them so that there would be no confrontation, and things have calmed down, but they have recently returned to tension.
He stresses that the blocking of roads is now peaceful.
2024-01-15 13:07:43
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