Brother of Bakeries Association Head Released for $400,000 Ransom

Youssef Beshara, the brother of the head of the Bakeries Association, was released on Tuesday after being kidnapped on Monday.

He was released for a ransom of $400,000, which was paid by his wife at Mar Mikhael church in al-Shiyyah, reported Voice of Lebanon radio.

She later said that Beshara had returned to his residence in Bsalim to a popular reception.

Beshara told VDL: “Three gunmen took me to an area in Beirut's Dahiyeh southern suburb and they treated me well.”

He was kidnapped on Monday morning while distributing bread to bakeries.

Lebanon has been lately witnessing a spree of abduction of wealthy businessmen. The kidnapers are either setting the men free after the payment of ransom or releasing their captives after the mediation of some officials.