Now Lebanon - Obscure group makes ransom demand for kidnapped Estonians - April 26, 2011

An obscure group that claimed responsibility for last month’s kidnapping of seven Estonians has demanded a ransom.
Rabih Haber, head of the Lebanon Files website, told AFP that the site had received an email from Harakat al-Nahda wa al-Islah (the Movement for Renewal and Reform) late Tuesday night.
The email said that the Estonians are in “good condition” and the group demands a “monetary ransom,” he said, adding that the email did not specify an amount.
He said that the email came from the same address as the earlier email in which the group claimed responsibility for the kidnapping.
“It is clear that the group has high technical ability.”
Security sources refused to comment to AFP about the email, calling it “unconfirmed.”
The group claimed responsibility for the kidnapping in an email sent to the Lebanon Files website on March 31.
Lebanese authorities have been searching for the seven Estonians since they were abducted at gunpoint in the eastern Bekaa town of Zahle on March 23 after entering Lebanon through Syria on their bicycles.
-NOW Lebanon