The leader of the Fatah al-Islam group was not among militants killed by Lebanese army and he might fled the Palestinian refugee camp in northern Lebanon, Lebanese prosecutor general said Monday.
In a statement released from his office, the Prosecutor General Saeed Mirza said that a DNA test on a body suspected to be that of militant leader Shaker Abssi proved it was not his.
Earlier this month, Abssi's wife has identified a corpse at a public hospital in the northern town of Tripoli as his husband's.
However, a recently captured Fatah al-Islam militant had told authorities that Abssi fled the camp the night of Sept. 1, said Mirza.
One day later, Lebanese army totally took control of the Nahr al-Bared after fighting the Fatah al-Islam militants holed up there for over three months.
The Lebanese army had been battling with the militants of Fatah al-Islam, which is listed by the Lebanese government as a terrorist network aimed at destabilizing Lebanon, since May 20.
The bloodiest internal violence since the Lebanese 1975-1990 civil war killed more than 300 people, including more than 222 militants and 163 soldiers.
Source: Xinhua
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