A radical Muslim cleric who once cheered the Sept. 11 terror attacks on the United States has been arrested in Lebanon, security officials confirm.
Omar Bakri Mohammad was taken into custody at his home in northern Lebanon this weekend after being sentenced to life in prison Thursday as part of a
massive case involving more than 40 individuals, Britain's Sky News said..Mohammad, 50, was convicted for inciting murder, theft and weapons
possession. Sky News said he had vowed to never spend a day behind bars.
Mohammad is a fundamentalist Sunni preacher who spent 20 years living in Britain. He had publicly praised the 2001 terrorist attacks on the United
States and the so-called 7/7 attacks in England, which led to his expulsion in 2005.
The Syrian-born Lebanese national said he did not accept Lebanese law and would not turn himself in following the guilty verdict.