Abu Ibrahim, the
abductor of the 11 Lebanese pilgrims, on Thursday appeared in a video
apparently filmed minutes after the deadly airstrike on Aleppo’s Aazaz, in
which he confirmed that four of the captives were killed and said the other
seven were "in great danger.
“Bashar Assad’s
warplanes that are supported by the U.N. Security Council and the international
community have bombarded the buildings and the hospitals,” Abu Ibrahim, his
face soaked in blood, says in the video which was broadcast by Lebanese TV
networks.
“The Lebanese abductees
came under bombardment and four of them were martyred. The other seven are in
great danger due to the continuous shelling” of the area by regime forces, Abu
Ibrahim added.
President Michel
Suleiman said earlier on Thursday that Foreign Minister Adnan Mansour obtained
information confirming that the 11 men abducted in Syria are doing well.
Relatives of the 11
pilgrims and their supporters on Wednesday blocked the Beirut airport road with
burning tires after conflicting reports emerged on the fate of the men
following scores of deaths in a raid on Aazaz in the northern province of
Aleppo.
Dozens of Syrians were
also kidnapped and Syrian-owned shops vandalized in Beirut’s southern suburbs
as gunmen took to the streets in the southern suburb of Tiro.
Earlier on Wednesday,
al-Meqdad clan said it kidnapped at least 20 Syrians to try to secure the
release of a family member abducted near Damascus this week.
Reports at first said
four of the pilgrims were killed and later said that the 11 men were safe.
They were kidnapped in
Aleppo as they were heading home from a pilgrimage in Iran.http://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/50309
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