Report: ISF Commandos Liberate Abductee Nabbed from Jounieh

Security forces have managed to liberate a man who was kidnapped two days ago, a media report said on Thursday.

“The abductee Khalil Faddoul was freed in a special operation by the Internal Security Forces Intelligence Bureau's Strike Force,” LBCI television said.

It said Faddoul was nabbed from the Jounieh region on Tuesday.

The TV network noted that the operation followed the arrest and interrogation of Ali al-Ali and his sons Hussein, Malek and Milad at the hands of the Intelligence Bureau.

On Wednesday, state-run National News Agency had reported that Faddoul was abducted “after unknown individuals lured him to an area on the Lebanese-Syrian border.”

“A ransom worth $200,000 has been demanded,” the agency added.

On July 16, Mahmoud Abou Jakh, the manager of al-Mawarid bank branch in Chtaura was freed in return for a $200,000 ransom after a several-day kidnap ordeal in the Bekaa region.

Earlier this month, security forces arrested the ringleader of a gang that had kidnapped a child from the town of Amchit near Jbeil, north of Beirut. Authorities also managed to recover a $50,000 ransom that had been paid to secure the release of the boy.

Y.R.