Lebanon charges U.S. embassy shooter with ISIS links
QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) – Lebanese authorities charged a man who opened fire on the U.S. embassy in Beirut with a crime of affiliation with the Islamic State (ISIS), a judicial source said on Tuesday.
“The government’s commissioner to the military courts, Judge Fadi Akiki, charged Syrian national Qais Farraj with the crime of belonging to [ISIS] and carrying out terrorist acts” by perpetrating the embassy attack, the source told AFP.
Farraj, who was injured when the Lebanese soldiers shot him, is still under interrogation as he is in the intensive care unit (ICU), the source said.
Early in June, Farraj, along with other two individuals, attacked the U.S. embassy in Beirut. Farraj was arrested by the Lebanese soldiers who opened fire on him causing serious injuries.