Conflict Incident Report

Police Free Abducted Man, Arrest Kidnappers

Date of incident:

February 13, 2016

Death toll:

0persons

Number of Injured:

0persons

Actors/Parties Involved:

Lebanese Civilians

ISF Intelligence Branch

The Internal Security Forces Intelligence Branch freed on Saturday a Lebanese man, who had been kidnapped in Jbeil, and arrested five of his abductors, police said.
Osama Moawad was kidnapped on the main road of Gharzouz on Saturday morning when he was heading from his house to his workplace.
The abductors had called his family asking for a one million dollar ransom.
Police did not release the identities of the kidnappers but MTV said among them is a member of the Jaafar clan.
An ISF communique said the man was freed when police officers stopped his kidnappers in Kesrouan district as they were transporting him to the eastern Bekaa Valley.

http://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/202069-police-free-abducted-man-arres...

Primary category:

Arrest/Detention

Secondary Category:

Hostage Taking Situation [inc. attempt, release]

Classification of conflict (primary):

Individual acts of violence

Violent incidents which do not have a specific or a known political agenda but are caused by the general proliferation of weapons, of trained and untrained soldiers or militants, by the general inefficiency of the Justice system, and past-traditions and histories of violence within society.

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Conflict Incident Report

Police Free Abducted Man, Arrest Kidnappers