Gunmen Kidnap 2 Syrian Teens in Zahle, Army Raids Brital
Two Syrian teenagers were kidnapped from their home in the area of Karak near the eastern city of Zahle at dawn Monday, their mother claimed.
Jumana Izzeddine, a Syrian national, told security forces that several armed men broke into her house and kidnapped her sons Baraa, 16 and 14-year-old Ali.
According to Voice of Lebanon radio station (93.3), she also told the police that the kidnappers robbed her of $30,000 and 1 million Syrian liras in cash.
Zahle police have launched an investigation into the incident.
Later in the day, the Lebanese army carried out raids in the Bekaa town of Brital after the mother received a phone call from a Syrian mobile number asking for a 3-million-dollar ransom.
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