Kidnapped Estonian bikers in Lebanon
Add a comment | 15. March 2011 - 26. April 2012
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On Tuesday, 15 March 2011, a group of seven Estonian cyclists landed in Beirut , Lebanon, whence they cycled north into Syria.
15. March 2011
On Wednesday, 23 March 2011, tourists crossed back into Lebanon via the Masnaa Border Crossing
22. March 2011
Seven Estonian tourists have been kidnapped while cycling in the Bekaa Valley in eastern Lebanon. They were in the town of Zahle when they were seized by men in a car and two vans. The Bekaa Valley is a stronghold of the Islamist Hezbollah movement...
23. March 2011
Security sources said masked gunmen in a black Mercedes and two white vans kidnapped the foreigners on a road between Zahle, a mostly Christian town, and Kfar Zabed, a mixed Sunni-Christian town. Kidnappers drove in Deir Zanouni highway.
23. March 2011
One of the Estonians apparently was able to make a quick call on his mobile phone before it was taken away. Investigators later traced the call to somewhere near the Sunni town of Barr Elias (Photo: Bar Elias Google)
25. March 2011
On 29 March, Lebanese security forces, acting on information obtained from arrests made earlier in the week in connection with the abduction, were led to identify the Estonians' captors as a gang of Lebanese and Syrian nationals led by fugitive Darwish...
29. March 2011
A video was posted on YouTube by a user named "thekidnaper2011" (sic) in which the seven abducted cyclists were shown asking for help. The Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs was subsequently able to confirm that the video had been uploaded from...
20. April 2011
BEIRUT: The seven Estonian tourists kidnapped in Lebanon two months ago have appealed for their safety in a new video released Friday, warning that their continued detention placed them in “great danger...
20. May 2011
A third video showing all seven Estonians kidnapped in Lebanon was sent to some relatives of the kidnapped via their email addresses. "We will not comment on what was said in it, because the video was sent to relatives this time and not posted publicly..
8. July 2011
Seven kidnapped Estonians were freed Thursday almost four months since being abducted by armed men shortly after entering Lebanon on a bicycle tour from neighbouring Syria, a police official said...
14. July 2011
Sporting beards and wide smiles, the Estonians appeared briefly on the balcony of the French embassy in Beirut. The men will undergo a medical checkup before returning home Friday morning at the latest...
14. July 2011
TALLINN, Estonia: Seven Estonian tourists taken hostage in Lebanon were held in Syria for part of their four-month kidnap ordeal, they said after returning to their Baltic homeland. "We were held in three different secret locations by the eight...
15. July 2011
The military tribunal issued the death sentence on Thursday against 26 individuals for their involvement in the 2011 abduction of the seven Estonian cyclists. The tribunal had charged 29 suspects for being involved in the crime, as well as a number of...
26. April 2012
