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21-Year-Old Kidnapped in Ras Baalbek in Return for Ransom

Unknown assailants kidnapped a 21-year-old Lebanese in eastern Lebanon and asked for a 2-million-dollar ransom in return for his release, the National News Agency reported Monday.

NNA said the kidnappers seized Hussam al-Besharrawi around 2:00 am while he was driving his Range Rover in Ras Baalbek.

The vehicle was found parked on the side of the main road, the agency said.

It added that the abductors later called his father, who is a rich contractor, and asked for the ransom.


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