The Saudi embassy in Lebanon said it had received a report from the relatives of a Saudi man who had lost contact with him since Sunday while in Beirut. Lebanese Interior Minister Bassam Mawlawi stated that the Saudi citizen was kidnapped, and that security authorities are following up on the case.
The Saudi citizen works for Saudi Airlines in Beirut, and the kidnapping took place on Sunday evening in the center of the commercial area in the Lebanese capital. The official Saudi channel said the hijackers sent a phone message from Beirut's southern suburbs, demanding a ransom of $400.