Path Taken by Suicide BMW between Lebanon and Syria

Criminals of Bir Hassan Wednesday dual blast in Beirut have moved the BMW-type car from one place to another between Lebanon and Syria before bombing it so not to raise suspicion, Al-Akhbar local newspaper reported Thursday.

Investigations revealed that the BMW was carrying around 100 kilograms of explosive materials. It was one of the two cars used in the attack which left 8 people martyrs and more than 103 wounded.

“In June 2013, the BMW was rented by a young man expert in stealing cars. He ‘sold’ it for $600 for a young man in the northern Bekaa called A. M.,” the daily said.

“A.M. in turn, moved the car in question to another young man in the Bekaa town of Brital who is professional in counterfeiting cars official papers and selling them as if they are legitimate.”

According to the daily, the Brital young man sells his ‘production’ for one of the stolen car dealers in the same town, who has close ties with colleagues working in the same field inside Syrian territory .

The car that exploded in Bir Hassan Wednesday was bought by Syrian dealers operating by the side of Syrian opposition militiamen. They entered the BMW into the opposition-led town of Assal al-Wared in the Qalamoun area, Al-Akhbar said.

The car was moved then to a group linked to the Abdullah Azzam Brigades – one of al-Qaeda terrorist organization branches. It was bboby-trapped there and moved to Lebanon through the northern town of Arsal on the border with Syria, it added.

The daily stated that the above information have been provided by high rank security sources to the Minister of Interior Nohad al-Mashnooq.

“Stolen cars crossings from Lebanon to Syria are helping the terrorist Abdullah Azzam Brigades to bomb cars and re- send them to Lebanon,” Mashnooq said once he stepped the scene of the crime in Bir Hassan Wednesday.

The other booby-trapped car was of Mercedes type with a forged panel, and its chassis number does not exist in the Lebanese official records, security sources added.Criminals of Bir Hassan Wednesday dual blast in Beirut have moved the BMW-type car from one place to another between Lebanon and Syria before bombing it so not to raise suspicion, Al-Akhbar local newspaper reported Thursday.

Investigations revealed that the BMW was carrying around 100 kilograms of explosive materials. It was one of the two cars used in the attack which left 8 people martyrs and more than 103 wounded.

“In June 2013, the BMW was rented by a young man expert in stealing cars. He ‘sold’ it for $600 for a young man in the northern Bekaa called A. M.,” the daily said.

“A.M. in turn, moved the car in question to another young man in the Bekaa town of Brital who is professional in counterfeiting cars official papers and selling them as if they are legitimate.”

According to the daily, the Brital young man sells his ‘production’ for one of the stolen car dealers in the same town, who has close ties with colleagues working in the same field inside Syrian territory .

The car that exploded in Bir Hassan Wednesday was bought by Syrian dealers operating by the side of Syrian opposition militiamen. They entered the BMW into the opposition-led town of Assal al-Wared in the Qalamoun area, Al-Akhbar said.

The car was moved then to a group linked to the Abdullah Azzam Brigades – one of al-Qaeda terrorist organization branches. It was bboby-trapped there and moved to Lebanon through the northern town of Arsal on the border with Syria, it added.

The daily stated that the above information have been provided by high rank security sources to the Minister of Interior Nohad al-Mashnooq.

“Stolen cars crossings from Lebanon to Syria are helping the terrorist Abdullah Azzam Brigades to bomb cars and re- send them to Lebanon,” Mashnooq said once he stepped the scene of the crime in Bir Hassan Wednesday.

The other booby-trapped car was of Mercedes type with a forged panel, and its chassis number does not exist in the Lebanese official records, security sources added.