Kidnappers of Bank Manager Demand $500 Thousand Ransom
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The kidnappers of a manager at al-Mawarid bank who was kidnapped early this week demanded $500 thousand ransom in order to free him, LBCI reported on Wednesday.
On Monday, Mohammed Abou Jakh, the manager of al-Mawarid bank branch in Chtaura was abducted at gunpoint by unknown assailants who were riding a black four-wheeler near the West Bekaa town of al-Rawda.
The kidnappers left Abou Jakh's Toyota behind.
His kidnapping came less than 24 hours after Lebanese national Nazih Zakaria al-Hussein was abducted in the northern city of Tripoli.
Al-Hussein disappeared after leaving his workplace at the Tripoli Plaza company carrying with him 8 million Lebanese pounds.
On Friday, security forces arrested the ringleader of a gang that had kidnapped a child from the town of Amchit near Jbeil, north of Beirut. Authorities also managed to recover a $50,000 ransom that had been paid to secure the release of the boy.
The child's kidnappers have been identified as Lebanese and Syrian residents of the northern border region of Wadi Khaled.
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