Twenty-Seven kidnapping
cases occurred in Lebanon, particularly in the Bekaa, within a year, An Nahar
newspaper reported on Monday.
According to a security
report obtained by the daily, the abductions were carried out by19 wanted
suspects, most of whom reside in the eastern towns of Balbaak and Hermel, and
three others from the Shouf region.
The report said that the
kidnappers were able to obtain a sum of five million dollars in ransom in
exchange for the abductees' freedom, without calculating the ransoms paid by
the families of some kidnapped people that are yet to be determined.
The daily noted that
Syrian nationals are among the kidnappers.
Lebanon has been witnessing
a kidnapping spree targeting businessmen or investors, but the authorities have
vowed to put an end to the phenomenon.http://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/55407
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