Report: Kidnapping Gangs Comprised of 37 Lebanese, Syrian, Palestinian Nationals
إقرأ هذا الخبر بالعربية
A security apparatus has completed a report on the kidnappings in Lebanon, reported the daily An Nahar on Saturday.
It said that the apparatus determined that 37 individuals are part of the various abduction gangs in the country.
Their identities are known to the security agencies and the report will be referred to President Michel Suleiman, Speaker Nabih Berri, Prime Minister Najib Miqati, and various security and judicial agencies.
The report revealed that the heads of the gangs control their activity from various towns and Beirut's southern suburbs, adding that its members are Lebanese, Syrian, and Palestinian nationals.
Kidnappings for ransom have increased in recent months, the latest of which was the abduction earlier this week of the 12-year-old son of businessman Nidal Awada in front of his Beirut residence.
Media reports said that the abductors had demanded a ransom of $2 million.
Al-Liwaa newspaper reported Thursday that security forces had arrested two people linked to the abduction of businessman Najib Youssef in the southern city of Tyre on February 5.
He was released on February 11 for a ransom of $140,000.
23 February 2013, 09:08
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eh sa7, the Syrian refugees are staying in da7ye?? this is what happens when we have lawlessness in a state within a state called hizbocrap.
23 February 2013, 09:21
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Okay McLovin, isn't McKini one of your aliases and Bruce lee too. You need to seriously chek your head. You re probably one of those kidnappers.
23 February 2013, 09:23
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karim, You are one of the most illiterate people i have ever seen commenting in here... And I doubt I would ever see in the future
23 February 2013, 10:12
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Beirut's southern suburbs
no need for more :) I rest my case, while mowaten will scream.
24 February 2013, 00:16
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find the HA inspired kidnappers that went on the rampage last summer then worry about the phantom ones you worry about.
