Military intelligence has assisted in the release of an Iraqi national who was abducted in Lebanon

 


Military intelligence has liberated an Iraqi person who was abducted in Lebanon. Four days ago, Badr Dafar Sayer was kidnapped and held for ransom from an apartment in Jounieh, which is located north of Beirut. He was afterwards transferred to the Sherwana neighbourhood in Baalbek. His kidnappers let him go once they departed, making it impossible for the police to apprehend them.

A wanted guy named M.J. and unidentified gunmen posing as security personnel abducted the Iraqi Badr Dafar Sayer from an apartment in the city of Jounieh and demanded a sizable ransom from his family, according to Army Command.

Because of the country's struggling economy and high inflation, there has been an increase in kidnappings for ransom. It has become a weekly occurrence for images of abduction victims to appear on social media.

Lebanese police statistics from the end of 2022 indicates a considerable rise in abduction for ransom along with an improvement in security indicators compared to 2021.

An rise in abduction for ransom crimes of 12 to 50 percent each year was observed by Information International, a private statistics organisation in Lebanon.

Based on records from the General Directorate of the Internal Security Forces, the research covered "crimes reported to the security forces only and not the cases that were settled outside the framework of the official security services."

The majority of abduction victims "are transferred to the Baalbek-Hermel region, and some are transferred through illegal crossings on the Lebanese-Syrian border," 


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