Armed assailants have kidnapped a Lebanese woman for ransom from the Venezuelan island of Margarita, the World Lebanese Cultural Union (WLCU) said Monday.
The gunmen snatched 31-year old Feryal Darwish Issa, a mother of two, only meters away from her residence and later contacted her husband, Adnan Issa, for ransom, WLCU director Ahmed Nasser said in a statement. The sum of the ransom was not disclosed.
Nasser said he immediately informed the Foreign Minister Fawzi Salloukh and expatriates director general Haitham Jumaa of Issa”s kidnapping.
A follow-up committee has been assigned to the case, Nasser said, adding that the Venezuelan government and the Lebanese ambassador condemned the crime and vowed to ensure Issa”s prompt release.