New York Daily News reports that two German nationals briefly kidnapped in Lebanon’s eastern Bekaa Valley were released early Saturday, as a gunfight between their abductors and security forces killed a soldier and a gunman, officials said. It wasn’t immediately clear what led to the Germans being abducted in the Bekaa Valley, a popular tourist destination home to wineries and temples, though also dominated by powerful armed clans and a center of Lebanon’s drug trade. Read article
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Dailystar.com.lb reports that a man was kidnapped Sunday in the outskirts of Baalbek, east Lebanon, while he was on a hunting trip with three others, a security source told The Daily Star. A vehicle approached the four men who were near the border with Syria and abducted Hussein Sarafeddine, 25. His friends were able to […]
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As reported by Canada.com, a video of two Czech tourists who were abducted by gunmen as they were travelling on a bus through southwest Pakistan shows them both speaking and alive. The two women were on the road from Iran to Quetta, the capital of Pakistan’s southwest Baluchistan province, when they were seized in March. […]
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A group of Indian businessmen have been freed after being kidnapped in Hong Kong and held at gunpoint for three days. The three men – travelling together on a business trip – were abducted within hours of their arrival on Saturday and a ransom demand of HK$19 million was made by the abductors to their […]
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According to eturbonews.com reports that a Russian tourist traveling in Syria was apparently abducted by an Islamist rebel group, which is accusing him of spying for the Syrian government. Konstantin Zhuravlev, 32, is an experienced traveler and photographer. He was passing through Syria on his way from Turkey to Egypt, and went missing on Sept. […]
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According to thanhniennews.com, police in Thailand have rescued a Vietnamese businessman who was held hostage for 10 days after being cheated by another Vietnamese into paying the latter’s debts of 25 million baht (US$796,000). According to Thai police, Pham Tien Th., 50, was found unconscious with his legs and hands bound in a hotel room […]
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According to sowetanlive.co.za, a Vaal businessman and ANC Meyerton chairman Arshard Ali has been kidnapped in Pakistan, Eyewitness News reported. Ali was reportedly on his way to board a plane back to South Africa at the Lahore Airport on Tuesday when he was approached by four men who forced him into a white, double-cab bakkie. […]
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Asianage.com reports that a 22-year-old Japan national holidaying in India was kidnapped and robbed of `9.5 lakhs by an autorickshaw driver and his three accomplices. The victim was held hostage for three days in a room near Jaipur. According to information, a zero FIR has been lodged in this respect at the Chanakyapuri police station […]
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The Yemen Observer reports that a security source said that three unidentified gunmen abducted a Saudi national in the central city of Taiz, Yemen, late on Friday evening. The source, who declined to be named, said the gunmen abducted Yahya bin Mohammed Shahri, 36 years, a Saudi national, who entered Yemen on Aug. 17. The […]
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According to emirates247.com, a Kuwaiti businessman visiting the Philippines has been kidnapped by unknown men who are demanding a $500,000 ransom for his freedom. Kuwaiti newspapers, quoting an interior ministry statement, said the unknown man was on a business trip to Manila when was snatched by the abductors. They said the ministries of interior and […]
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