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(IsraelNN.com) Syrian forces have arrested a Saudi official in connection with the killing of arch-terrorist Imad Mughniyeh, according to Iran’s Fars news agency.  The official who was detained is a senior defense official working in Damascus, said an Iranian source quoted in the Fars report. 

The source said that Israel planned the assassination, but that the killing itself was carried out by local Arabs with Syrian and Jordanian citizenship who rented apartments in Mughniyeh’s upscale Damascus neighborhood.  Saudi Arabia was heavily involved, he said.

The Saudi detainee is reportedly linked to a Syrian woman who is also suspected in the killing.  The woman purchased two cars and parked them near Mughniyeh’s residence, the source said.  One of the cars was used to hide the bomb that killed Mughniyeh, he said.