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They are also suspected of possessing weapons illegally, and "inciting sectarianism".
The charges were filed after the army deployed in Tripoli in an unprecedented operation to quell violence between the Alawite neighbourhood of Jabal Mohsen, where Eid's party holds sway, and the nearby Sunni district of Bab el-Tebbaneh.
Tensions between the neighbourhoods go back decades but have been exacerbated by the war in neighbouring Syria, where the Alawite President Bashar al-Assad faces a Sunni-dominated uprising.
Successive rounds of violence between the neighbourhoods have killed dozens of people and brought parts of the coastal city to a standstill.
The last round of fighting, which lasted two weeks and left 30 people dead, ended with the army's deployment in the two neighbourhoods on April 1.
Rifaat's father, Ali Eid, is wanted for questioning over an August twin car bomb attack against two Sunni mosques in Tripoli that killed 45 people.
Lebanese media has reported that Rifaat Eid is in Syria, and Lebanese witnesses in Damascus told AFP on Saturday they had seen the Alawite leader the night before at a hotel in the Syrian capital.
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The charges were filed after the army deployed in Tripoli in an unprecedented operation to quell violence between the Alawite neighbourhood of Jabal Mohsen, where Eid's party holds sway, and the nearby Sunni district of Bab el-Tebbaneh.
Tensions between the neighbourhoods go back decades but have been exacerbated by the war in neighbouring Syria, where the Alawite President Bashar al-Assad faces a Sunni-dominated uprising.
Successive rounds of violence between the neighbourhoods have killed dozens of people and brought parts of the coastal city to a standstill.
The last round of fighting, which lasted two weeks and left 30 people dead, ended with the army's deployment in the two neighbourhoods on April 1.
Rifaat's father, Ali Eid, is wanted for questioning over an August twin car bomb attack against two Sunni mosques in Tripoli that killed 45 people.
Lebanese media has reported that Rifaat Eid is in Syria, and Lebanese witnesses in Damascus told AFP on Saturday they had seen the Alawite leader the night before at a hotel in the Syrian capital.
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