BEIRUT, Sept. 18 (Xinhua) -- Lebanon's general security arrested Wednesday a Syrian national belonging to the Islamic State (IS) who had planned to implement terrorist attacks in Sidon, south of Lebanon, local TV Channel LBCI reported.
Investigations showed that the IS member entered Lebanon in 2017 in an illegal way while getting in touch with other IS members in Syria to exchange ideas and spread the group's religious news.
The IS member also sent news to his group in Syria about people who distribute food during the Shiite occasion of Ashura with the aim of targeting these people with explosives.
The IS member was referred to judicial bodies for further investigations and other legal procedures.
Lebanon has been previously attacked by the IS group, who claimed responsibility for an attack on the northern city of Tripoli on June 3, killing two members of the Lebanese security forces and two members from the Lebanese Army.
