Druze clergyman freed after arrest sparks fury

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April 17, 2012 - The Daily Star

BEIRUT: A Druze clergyman whose arrest over the weekend sparked fury in his mountain town of Aley was released Monday afternoon, a security source told The Daily Star. The Lebanese Army had raided the house of Sheikh Ayman Adib al-Shattoub in Aley upon a tip that he was storing weapons in his residence. Residents of Aley condemned the manner with which the Army conducted the raid with no prior notice while the wife and children of Shattoub were present, the source said. The security source added that the Army found a Kalashnikov in the possession of the religious figure. Residents of Aley had distributed fliers Sunday condemning Shattoub’s arrest by Lebanese security forces. “Aley residents and the Druze in general condemn the raid on the house of clergyman Ayman Adib al-Shattoub at 5 a.m. [Sunday] and his arrest by the Lebanese Army,” the flier read.

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