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Gunmen Kidnap Two Omani Citizens in Baalbek

Unknown gunmen on Thursday intercepted a car in the Bekaa city of Baalbek and abducted two Omanis who were in it.

“Five armed individuals who were in a black Grand Cherokee carrying no license plates intercepted in the Baalbek area of al-Kayyal a Mercedes C240 cab that came directly from the Rafik Hariri International Airport in Beirut,” state-run National News Agency reported.

They took the car and two Omani citizens who were in it to an unknown destination, the agency added.

Meanwhile, OTV said security forces were interrogating the Syrian driver of the cab, noting that the Mercedes was hijacked at the intersection leading to the Bekaa town of Bouday.


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