ISF Director General Achraf Rifi (L) and Interior Minister Marwan Charbel at the French embassy in Beirut. (NOW Lebanon)
Interior Minister Marwan Charbel said that the Internal Security Forces-Information Branch played “the biggest role” in the case of the seven Estonians who were released at 5 a.m. Thursday morning after a kidnap ordeal of almost four months.
“Security forces participated [in the mission to find the Estonians] from afar so as to not ‘mess up’ issues, and you will see the results of the investigation soon,” he told reporters from outside Beirut’s French Embassy where the seven men are resting.
The interior minister also said there is a total of nine Lebanese people who have already been arrested along with individuals of other nationalities.
Seven kidnapped Estonians were freed in Lebanon Thursday almost four months after being abducted by armed men as they entered the country on a bicycle tour from neighboring Syria.
“Security forces participated [in the mission to find the Estonians] from afar so as to not ‘mess up’ issues, and you will see the results of the investigation soon,” he told reporters from outside Beirut’s French Embassy where the seven men are resting.
The interior minister also said there is a total of nine Lebanese people who have already been arrested along with individuals of other nationalities.
Seven kidnapped Estonians were freed in Lebanon Thursday almost four months after being abducted by armed men as they entered the country on a bicycle tour from neighboring Syria.
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