BEIRUT: Eighteen days of captivity
ended Wednesday for two Syrian brothers and one of their employees after they
were released in east Lebanon following payment of an unspecified ransom.
Hisham Abdel Raouf, 45, his brother
Imad, 47, and their employee Khaled al-Hamadah, 23, were questioned by police
following their release.
The policy report into their case
did not indicate the value of the ransom.
However, 50-year-old Osama Abdel
Raouf, who was kidnapped along with his two younger brothers and their employee
but soon after released, said the kidnappers had demanded $2 million at the
time.
The four men were abducted in
Taanayel, Zahle, on Feb. 11 after a group of armed men in a GMC Envoy
obstructed their vehicle - a four-wheel drive Mazda with a Syrian license
plate. The Syrians were then forced out of their vehicle after the men shot at
their car. The Syrians had been headed to the Masnaa border crossing.
This is one of several incidents where Syrians
have been kidnapped in east Lebanon in exchange for a ransom.http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Local-News/2012/Feb-29/165004-3-syrians-released-in-east-lebanon-after-18-days-of-captivity.ashx#axzz1nkwdh1ES
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