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    TWO TURKISH PILOTS ABDUCTED IN LEBANESE CAPITAL

    14:49 09.08.13

    A Turkish Airlines pilot and his colleague were abducted in Lebanon
    Aug. 9 by armed men who forced them from a bus driving them from
    Beirut airport, The Hurriyet Daily News reports.

    The kidnapping is believed to be linked to the abduction of nine
    Lebanese pilgrims in Syria in May 2012, whose families have urged
    Turkey to use its influence to secure their release.

    Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu called Lebanese Prime Minister
    Najip Mikati and Parliamentary Speaker Nabih Berri. Mikati and Berri
    have expressed their sadness and vowed to make the necessary efforts
    to free the pilots.

    Turkish Foreign Ministry spokesman Levent Gumrukcu said the Lebanese
    authorities were alarmed over the incident and an investigation was
    being carried out. He added that the rest of the crew was now in a
    hotel and would arrive Turkey in the afternoon.

    "A kidnapping operation took place at 3:00 a.m. targeting a bus
    carrying several members of a Turkish Airlines crew going from the
    airport to the hotel," Lebanon's Interior Minister Marwan Charbel said.

    "Gunmen kidnapped two passengers from the bus, the pilot and
    co-pilot." The name of the pilot is Murat Akpınar and the co-pilot
    is Murat Agca, according to Dogan News Agency.

    Armenian News - Tert.am




    From: A. Papazian
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