The five Czech hostages held in Lebanon are free
(B2) The Lebanese-Ukrainian Ali Taan Fayyad detained in the Czech Republic will not be extradited to the USA. He will return to Lebanon. This is the counterpart, it seems, to the release of the five Czech hostages, held in Lebanon for nearly six months.
“The five Czechs, abducted in July last year in Lebanon, were found safe and sound on Monday evening (February 1) “, indeed announced the Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs in a communicated. They " are currently under the protection of the Lebanese security forces. And their state of health is satisfactory ". Minister Lubomir Zaoralek instructed the Embassy in Beirut to take all measures to ensure " the fastest possible return of Czech citizens. A special plane from the Czech Republic should repatriate them ».
5 Cechu,kteri se od cervna min.roku pohresovali v Libanonu,bylo nalezeno.Jsou v https://t.co/0UqC6DmFV5 nejdrive pro ne posleme let.special.
— Lubomír Zaorálek (@ZaoralekL) February 1 2016
The ministry, however, refused to give " further information due to the ongoing investigation by the ÚOOZ » Organized Crime Unit or to confirm the terms of the exchange.
The five Czechs (journalists, lawyer and officer) and their driver disappeared on Saturday (July 18) in the village of Kefraya, in the Bekaa Valley, kidnapped by unidentified people (Read also: Kidnapping of 5 Czechs in Lebanon: a criminal abduction?).
(NGV)
