Three People Abducted on Baalbek International Road

Unidentified gunmen abducted on Monday three people on al-Hillaniyeh road in the Bekaa, the state-run National News Agency reported.

"Armed men inside a midnight blue Nissan Pathfinder intercepted a silver Mercedes Maybach on the Riyaq-Baalbek international road (in Bekaa) and kidnapped three people that were on board,” the NNA said, noting that the abduction took place in the region's al-Hillaniyeh area.

The abducted people were then taken to an unknown destination, the same source added.

Last week, gunmen abducted an engineer who hails from the Bekaa town of al-Labweh and took him away to the Arsal plains.

Few days earlier, Palestinian Mohammed Jaber was kidnapped by an identified group of men in the Khraibeh plains in Baalbek.

And on July 8, citizen Joseph Emile Bashaalani escaped a kidnapping attempt after unknown assailants opened fire at his pickup truck in the Arsal region. Bashaalani received 10 gunshots during the kidnapping attempt.

These kidnappings come as army troops and security forces have been implementing a security plan in the Bekaa, the North and Beirut.

The plan has been successful in arresting several leaders of kidnapping rings.

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