Lebanese security forces had foiled three suicide attacks planned by militants linked to the Islamic State (IS) group in Beirut’s southern suburbs, Interior Minister Bassam Mawlawi said Wednesday.

Mawlawi said at a press conference that some militants had planned to carry out attacks in February by using rocket-propelled grenades, gunfire, as well as suicide vests rigged with explosives that could have killed many people.

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Two suspects were arrested on the same day and are being held in custody, with explosives, weapons, and munitions seized, he added.

The IS-controlled some areas in northeastern Lebanon from 2014 to 2017 and claimed two suicide bombings in Beirut’s southern suburbs in 2015 that killed over 40 people.