Gunmen Abduct Three Syrians in Bir Hassan
A senior Lebanese security source told the BBC on Friday that members of Hizbullah had allegedly “kidnapped three Syrian nationals” in Beirut overnight Thursday.
“The abducted Syrians are the two brothers Yassine and Mustafa al-Sahn and Issa Saleh, who were kidnapped from their residence place in the Bir Hassan area in the Lebanese capital Beirut and taken to an unknown destination,” the BBC’s correspondent in Beirut quoted the source as saying.
The kidnap operation is part of the recent abductions of Syrian activists in Lebanon, the source added.
“A brother of the two abductees filed a report with the Internal Security Forces about the kidnap of his two brothers and the third person,” the source said.
For its part, Voice of Lebanon Radio (100.3-100.5) reported that “members of a local party kidnapped three Syrians in Bir Hassan.”
“When Syrian national Idriss al-Sahn, 30, returned overnight to his house in the Bir Hassan district, behind Al-Bashair radio station’s building, his neighbors informed him that members of a local party in three black SUVs and a van had abducted his two brothers Mustafa, 24, and Yassine, 26, and their friend Issa al-Saleh, 26, taking them to an unknown destination,” VOL said.
In an interview with MTV, Idriss said: “Hizbullah told us that they are not in its custody and my brothers are not politically active.”
“I don’t accuse the party of being behind the incident,” he noted.
The TV network said the abductors did not use violence in the operation, adding that they had arrived at the scene in vehicles with no license plates.
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