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Al-Nusra Front Frees Three Youth, 16, after Torturing them

Al-Nusra Front members released on Sunday at dawn three young men after torturing them on the outskirts of the border town of Arsal in the northern Bekaa, media reports said.

The state-run National News Agency said that three young men, 16, hail from the town of Arsal and were allegedly tortured for stealing a motorbike.

The NNA identified one of them as Hassan Shahine and the two others from al-Smaili family.

The three youths were detained on the outskirts of Arsal from Saturday at 8:30 p.m. until Sunday 4:00 a.m.

They were submitted to the field hospital of Arsal for treatment.

The limbs of the three young men were broken.

The Nusra Front group is allegedly comprised of Lebanese and Syrian Nationals, Voice of Lebanon radio (93.3) said.

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