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REPORT: Child Ricardo Jaara kidnapped in Lebanon’s Amchit

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04-07-2015 | 08:37

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REPORT: Child Ricardo Jaara kidnapped in Lebanon’s Amchit

6-year-old child Ricardo Jaara was kidnapped on Saturday outside his family residence in the Lebanese town of Amchit, the state-run National News Agency reported.

Ricardo’s kidnappers contacted his mother asking for a $250 thousand ransom, the agency said, noting that the phone call was held from al-Abboudieh town on the Lebanese-Syrian border.

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