Internal Security Forces said in a statement that they arrested a suspect and were investigating the Sunday vandalization of a church in Jbeil, asserting that "there was no political or religious background" to the incident. 

A man broke religious icons and other items from the Our Lady of Poverty church near the Jbeil port on Sunday, sparking outrage, the state-run National News Agency reported. 

The ISF statement noted that after examining camera footage from the church, “it became clear that the suspect moved the furniture from inside the church to the outside, and slept on the seats belonging to it, without touching the donations collection box."

The statement suggested that the suspect was mentally unstable and had no personal documents, though through questioning they determined he was a Syrian national in his 20s.