HERMEL, Lebanon: An armed group of Syrians Tuesday kidnapped a group of Lebanese and Syrians from east Lebanon, security sources said.
The sources said preliminary information indicated that eleven people in total were abducted, nine Syrians and two Lebanese. However, Ras Baalbek Mayor Hisham Arjaa said that the number of the abducted Syrians was five at maximum.
They were all snatched from the outskirts of Ras Baalbek village, where they were working in a quarry. The abducted Lebanese nationals were identified as Mikhael Mourad from Ras Baablek and a Arsal resident from the Hujeiri family.
The kidnappers are a group of Syrian gunmen who have taken shelter in the heights of the Ras Baalbek outskirts, the sources said.
Some media reports said that they were Turks among the abducted and that the kidnappers are affiliated with the Al-Qaeda-linked Nusra Front.
The Lebanese Army has launched a manhunt for the kidnappers.
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