Assailants Free Kidnapped Syrian in Zahle after Cousin Wounded in Rescue Attempt
A Syrian national was kidnapped in the eastern Zahle district on Saturday noon, only to be released few hours later after he was physically attacked.
“Unknown assailants in a mini-bus with tinted windows kidnapped Fadi al-Jassem in Zahle,” the state-run National News Agency reported.
According to the news agency, the abductors kidnapped al-Jassem from his room in al-Karak town in Zahle.
Al-Jassem's cousin was wounded in the leg by gunshots while trying to rescue him as the kidnappers fled to an unknown location, the NNA added.
Later on Saturday, radio Voice of Lebanon (93.3) revealed that al-Jassem was freed on the Temnine-Baalbek international road in the Bekaa, after he had been battered.
The NNA detailed on the incident: “Al-Jassem was beaten on the head as the assailants took 80,000 Lebanese Pounds that were in his possession, as well as his mobile phone.”
"He is currently being interrogated at the police station," the same source said.
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