BEIRUT: Prison guards managed to recapture a
prisoner who was temporarily abducted by two gunmen in Beirut Thursday,
security sources said.
The prisoner, who was not identified, was
under police escort en route to Al-Hayat Hospital from Rafik Hariri Hospital in
Beirut when two gunmen intercepted the vehicle he was in and fled with the
inmate after threatening the police at gunpoint.
The police then launched an armed pursuit of
the two gunmen – identified by their first names Fawzi and Ahmad. The two sides
traded fire in the car chase which passed near the Kuwaiti Embassy in the
Capital
The guards managed to recapture the prisoner
after the gunmen abandoned him in their vehicle and fled on foot.
The inmate is currently
receiving treatment at Al-Hayat hospital under heavy guard.http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Local-News/2012/Aug-02/183157-inmate-en-route-for-treatment-in-beirut-briefly-abducted.ashx#axzz22OD0d0aY
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