Head of the pro-Syria Islamic Tawhid Movement-Command Council Sheikh Hashem Minkara was detained on Thursday over “withholding information” related to the deadly bombings that rocked the northern city of Tripoli, reported the National News Agency.

State Commissioner to the Military Court Judge Saqr Saqr ordered his detention for investigation in the case.

Investigations are ongoing in the twin bombings that targeted the northern city of Tripoli as the Internal Security Forces Intelligence Bureau is analyzing the telecom data within a limited timeframe.

According to An Nahar newspaper published on Thursday, Sheikh Ahmed al-Gharib, the main suspect in the case, denied at the beginning of the investigations his prior knowledge about the bombings that targeted two mosques in Tripoli.

European Ambassador to Lebanon Angelina Eichhorst paid a visit on Wednesday morning to the scenes of blasts that took place in the Ruwais neighborhood in Beirut's southern suburb of Dahieh and the northern city of Tripoli.

She later stressed after holding talks with caretaker Prime Minister Najib Miqati the EU's strong support for Lebanon and all of its authorities against explosions that have targeted Dahieh and Tripoli.

State Commissioner to the Military Court Judge Saqr Saqr ordered on Wednesday the extension of the detention of suspects held over their connection to the twin bombings in the northern city of Tripoli on Friday, reported the National News Agency.

It said that he ordered that Sheikh Ahmed al-Gharib and Mustafa Houri's detention be extended for 24 hours over their links to the attacks.

The Internal Security Forces published on Tuesday an illustration of a suspect linked to the twin bombings in the northern city of Tripoli on Friday.

It also requested that citizens inform the concerned authorities of any information they may have of the suspect.

Head of Dar al-Fatwa in Tripoli Sheikh Mohammed Imam demanded on Tuesday that a “detailed security plan” be devised for the northern city in order to protect places of worship and public places in light of the recent bombings in the city.

He rejected in a statement after a spiritual meeting at Dar al-Fatwa in Tripoli the phenomenon of “autonomous security and possession of weapons away from the authority of the state.”

Sheikh Ahmed al-Gharib, the main suspect in the twin bombings that targeted the northern city of Tripoli, confessed that he is involved in the blasts that killed around 35 people and wounded 900 others.

According to al-Joumhouria newspaper published on Tuesday, Gharib contradicted himself several times during investigations, carried out by the Internal Security Forces Intelligence Bureau.

Speaker Nabih Berri expressed fear on Tuesday that those who are behind the deadly blasts that rocked the northern city of Tripoli and Beirut's southern suburbs will continue their attempts to embroil Muslims in sedition.

“The current security situation is worrisome and the political situation isn't any better,” Berri said in comments published in As Safir newspaper.

Two people were injured in an exchange of gunfire between gunmen and the Lebanese army in the northern city of Tripoli, media reports said on Tuesday.

The overnight clashes took place in Mallouleh bridge, where the armed men erected a checkpoint.

Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea said Monday his political camp cannot join a cabinet comprising Hizbullah ministers at present, noting that he does not endorse the “hypothesis” that the Dahieh and Tripoli bombings were orchestrated by the “same hand.”

Asked in an interview on Future TV how to put an end to the series of bombings that have rocked several Lebanese regions, Geagea said: “The state must address the situation, as currently the state only comprises President Michel Suleiman and Prime Minister-designate Tammam Salam, who must form a serious cabinet that should not be crippled, paralyzed or under the influence of intimidation.”