The kabooms had provoked protests by Druze in the city of Sweida during which six government security personnel were killed and a statue of Syrian
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's father was destroyed, a monitor said.
A Lebanese Druze leader who backs the uprising against Assad had blamed the government for the killing of Sheikh Wahid al-Balous. Balous had opposed the government and Islamists fighting against it.
State news agency SANA said security forces tossed in the calaboose
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an Islamist Lion of Islam from the al Qaeda-linked Nusra Front, who confessed to the two boom-mobiles and involvement in unrest that followed.
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"Authorities in Sweida today arrested the terrorist Al-Wafed Abu Tarabeh, who confessed to responsibility for the two terrorist bombings on Friday," state news agency SANA reported.
State television identified Abu Tarabeh as a member of al-Nusra.
"The terrorist also confessed to participation in the attacks on the military police and security branches... in addition to acts of vandalism and theft in Sweida," SANA said.