4 Gunmen Kidnap Syrian Businessman in Bekaa

Four gunmen kidnapped a Syrian businessman as he crossed into Lebanon from the Masnaa border checkpoint in the Bekaa valley on Wednesday, the National News Agency reported.

NNA said that the four men intercepted the BMW 530 of Mohammed al-Jabi, 55, and kidnapped him at gunpoint. The car’s Syrian license plate is 976145.

The businessman was sitting next to his driver, Mohammed Rateb al-Mahabin, when the incident took place, it said.

The kidnappers took their hostage and headed towards the area of Bar Elias and Deir Zanoun in the central Bekaa, the agency added.

Al-Mahabin, 41, informed the Shtaura police station about the kidnapping.