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2 siblings kidnapped in Beirut

Xinhua, April 6, 2016 Adjust font size:

Three unknown gunmen kidnapped Wednesday two siblings in Beirut south eastern area of al-Hadath, the National News Agency (NNA) reported.

According to the report, the armed men, who were riding a silver Hyundai, abducted Diala Ali al-Amine, 6, and her four-year-old brother Nouh while they were waiting for the school bus with their grandmother on the Hadath-Shweifat road.

The kidnappers took away the children after attacking their grandmother.

The Internal Security Forces launched an investigation into the abduction which could be the result of family differences, the NNA said. Endit