Beirut Gunmen Kidnap Two Turkish Airlines Crew Members
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Gunmen abducted two Turkish Airlines crew members from their bus in Beirut, Lebanon’s official National News Agency said, and a Shiite group claimed it had carried out the kidnapping.
The vehicle was stopped by at least eight men as it headed to a hotel from the city’s airport early today, the agency said. It identified the men as captain Murat Akpinar and his co-pilot Murat Agga. Lebanon’s Interior Minister Marwan Charbel said the two were taken at 3 a.m.