Abducted Jordanian 'Escapes from Captors' in Bekaa

Jordanian abductee Mohammed Shehadeh Abou Kadri has managed to escape from his captors who were holding him in a house in the Baalbek neighborhood of al-Sharawneh, state-run National News Agency reported on Monday.

“He was able to escape through the bathroom window and he then sought refuge at a house in the area,” NNA said.

The man was eventually “handed over to the Internal Security Forces Intelligence Branch before being transferred to the al-Hekmeh Hospital in Baalbek and consequently the Riyaq General Hospital for treatment from a hand fracture and multiple bruises.”

Abou Kadri told investigators during interrogation that he had arrived at Beirut's Rafik Hariri International Airport on June 16 before heading to the Phoenicia Hotel in central Beirut in a cab.

“But he was kidnapped and taken to the Bekaa,” NNA added.

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