BEIRUT, Oct 12: Lebanese authorities on Sunday arrested a “terrorist network” behind deadly bomb attacks in the northern city of Tripoli, the army said.

“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.

Four soldiers and three civilians were killed as an explosion ripped through a military bus in the port city on September 29. A similar attack in mid-August killed 14 people, including nine soldiers and a child.

The army said an explosives belt for use in another attack was found during the arrest operation carried out by a joint unit of soldiers and internal security forces.—AFP