BEIRUT:
Authorities reopened Thursday one of three border crossings in north Lebanon
after dozens of residents from the village Abboudieh blocked the passage in
protest of the morning cross-border kidnapping of a fellow citizen.
Security
sources, speaking to the The Daily Star on condition of anonymity, said the
village residents blocked the Abboudieh border crossing in protest of the
abduction of Mahmoud Mohammad Ibrahim, 40.
They
said Ibrahim, who hails from Abboudieh, was standing close to a nearby former
Security General position when unidentified individuals crossed the border from
Syria and snatched him.
A
security source in north Lebanon said Ibrahim was kidnapped at 7 a.m. and was
taken to Syria.
Intense
efforts by Ibrahim’s family to secure his release have failed.
Members of the Internal
Security Forces managed to reopen the crossing at 11 a.m. after having
initially diverted traffic to the Arida border crossing.
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Politics/2012/May-10/172913-angry-residents-block-lebanon-border-crossings-after-kidnap.ashx#axzz1uXzZXYcO
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