A champion Australian boxer who left Sydney a few weeks ago is one of four men being held in Lebanon on suspicion of terrorist activity, reports in Australia said Wednesday.
Undefeated super featherweight Ahmed Elomar, who used the name 'Trigger' in the ring, was tipped as a future world contender, the Sydney Morning Herald reported. But 24-year-old Elomar suddenly stopped training and fled Sydney two weeks ago, his father Abu Ahmed told The Australian newspaper. "He went to Lebanon for a holiday against my wishes," he conveyed.
"I knew it is the wrong time to travel and the wrong place. But I couldn't physically stop him," he said.
Elomar is the nephew of Mohamed Ali Elomar, who was charged with plotting a terrorist act in Australia in 2005.
Lebanon reported that it had arrested four men near the northern Lebanese port city of Tripoli last week.
Australian media reported the three other men were former Sydney financial adviser Ibrahim Sabouh, Ahmad Elomar and Mahammad Basal. The Australian newspaper also reported that another national, former Sydney taxi driver Omar Hadba, may have been the owner of a Tripoli workshop found stacked with weapons and explosives on the weekend.
