Suspected child-sex offender apprehended

An individual suspected of sexually assaulting minors in Mount Lebanon’s Aley town was apprehended by Internal Security Forces.

The offender, born in 1958, confessed to assaulting three children born in 2003, 2006 and 2009. According to the three victims, their assaulter threatened to beat and murder them if they were to inform others.

The case has been referred to the anti-human trafficking unit of the ISF for further investigation.