"Several members of a terrorist cell involved in the recent explosions in Tripoli have been arrested," the army said in a statement carried by the official news agency NNA.
The statement referred to Aug. 13 and Sept. 29 bombings in Tripoli.
The bombings killed a total of 25 people, most of them Lebanese soldiers.
The statement did not give further details. But a security official speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to talk to the press said three Palestinians were among those arrested.
The statement says an explosives belt in their possession was confiscated. It says troops were still pursuing Abdel-Ghani Jawhar, a leading member of the cell.
The person who had the explosives belt is Alaa Mehrez, also known as Attiya. He was detained along with a woman in Bab el-Tebbaneh, Tripoli
Sources said Mehrez was a brother-in-law of the main suspect on the run (Abdel-Ghani Jawhar)
The arrests were carried out near Baddawi, another Palestinian camp in north Lebanon
Security sources said six people were arrested , including four men from the same family: Mahmud Azzam, 80, and his three sons. The father and two of his sons were released after questioning. A fourth brother, Jihad, had been killed in last year's fighting with the army at the Nahr el Bared camp
According to Almustaqbal TV the terrorist cell belongs to Fatah al Islam
Tags: Fatah al-Islam, Lebanon, Nahr al-Bared, source: AP, Terrorism, Ya Libnan
