SWIFT RESPONSE

11 Arrested in Beirut Bombings

Mostly Syrian.

Lebanon officials said Sunday they had arrested 11 people in connection to the Beirut bombings last week that left 44 people dead. Speaking at a news conference, Interior Minister Nuhad Mashnuq said those arrested included “seven Syrians and two Lebanese, one of them a [would-be] suicide bomber and the other a trafficker who smuggled them across the border from Syria.” The 11 individuals were arrested within 48 hours of the two explosions, Mashnuq added. The would-be suicide bomber was arrested in the northern port city of Tripoli after he failed to detonate his bomb. ISIS claimed responsibility for the attack in Burj el-Barajneh, a Hezbollah stronghold in southern Beirut.