BEIRUT — On July 24, Judge Saqr Saqr, the state commissioner of the Lebanese military court, received the report of the medical committee, which was tasked with investigating the death of four Syrians while in custody. They are identified as Mustafa Abd el-Karim Absse, Khaled Hussein el-Mleis, Anas Hussein el-Husseiki and Othman Merhi el-Mleis.

The four were among hundreds of people arrested during army raids on Syrian refugee camps in Arsal that started on June 30 and are aimed at what the army describes as capturing “terrorists.” In the report, the committee of three doctors said the deaths were not the result of violence but of different health problems that led to their immediate death following the arrest.

The autopsy report of the four Syrian detainees concluded that one of the detainees died of a sudden heart attack, while a second died of pneumonia, a third of climate shock and substance abuse and a fourth of emphysema.

The report of the Lebanese military judiciary comes after several parties, most notably the Lebanese government and Prime Minister Saad Hariri, called for a thorough and transparent investigation into the cause of death of the four Syrians amid suspicions that the Lebanese army was behind their death.