An Al-Qaeda-linked Saudi suspect detained in Lebanon is being held in a military hospital because "he is in poor health," a medical official told AFP Friday.
Another official familiar with the investigation said the interrogation of Majid al-Majid "has been delayed because he is in poor health," and that the suspect is being "heavily guarded" at the Baabda military hospital near Beirut.
According to the medical source, who had been treating Majid before his arrest without knowing who he was, he suffers from kidney failure and requires regular dialysis.
"On December 27, the hospital where Majid was being treated contacted the Red Cross to arrange his transfer to another hospital," said the source.
But before the suspect arrived at the second facility, "the Lebanese army intelligence intercepted the ambulance and arrested Majid," the source said, adding that neither the hospital nor the ambulance teams had prior knowledge of who Majid was.
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