Saudi Gazette report

JEDDAH — A Saudi citizen has been kidnapped in Beirut, Lebanese media reported on Monday.

Lebanese Interior Minister Bassam Mawlawi said, “We have been following up with the Information Division of the Internal Security Forces since Sunday the issue of the kidnapping of a Saudi citizen in Beirut.”

He pointed that he’s in contact with the Saudi Ambassador to Lebanon Waleed Bukhari on ‘the smallest details’.

The Lebanese minister warned the perpetrators of ‘harsh punishment’, assuring that such cases affects Lebanon's relationship with its brothers.

“Always, with an iron fist, we work to liberate any citizen who is exposed to any harm on Lebanese soil,” he said.

The citizen was kidnapped after midnight on Saturday in Beirut airport road.