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5 Czechs abducted in Lebanon freed months after kidnapping

Xinhua, February 2, 2016 Adjust font size:

Five Czech citizens who were kidnapped in the Bekaa region in July 2015 were freed Monday, the National News Agency (NNA) reported.

"The five Czechs who were abducted in July on the Kifraya road in western Bekaa were released this evening," the NNA said.

"They were handed over to the Lebanese General Security," and a plane would be sent to repatriate them shortly, it added.

They Czech citizens vanished along with their Lebanese driver, Munir Taan, and their car was discovered in the Kifraya region in the western part of the Bekaa.

Media reports at the time said the five had entered Lebanon on June 7.

A media report had linked the abduction to the Czech Republic's arrest of a man suspected of having ties to Hezbollah. Endit