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Suspect Arrested in Lebanon Bombings

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Bombings killed 47, injured 500.

A suspect was arrested Saturday in connection with a double bombing in Tripoli, Lebanon, on Friday. The bombs went off outside two mosques that day, killing 47 and wounding over 500. The suspect, Sheik Ahmad al-Ghareeb, reportedly has ties to an organization close to Hezbollah and appears in a video of one of the explosions. Approximately 300 victims of the attack remain in the hospital, 65 of them in critical condition.

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