Mariner abducted in northern Lebanon coastal raid
Al Jazeera
Lebanese authorities launch investigation into suspected Israeli naval raid in Batroun.
A group of armed men has abducted a mariner in northern Lebanon, prompting an investigation by Lebanese authorities into whether Israel was involved in the raid.
A man identified by Lebanese state media as Imad Amhaz was seized after a naval force landed in the town of Batroun around dawn on Friday.
CCTV camera footage shared online by Lebanese journalists appeared to show a group of armed men leading away a man whose shirt was over his head.
According to local media reports, more than 25 armed men landed in Batroun, about 50km (31 miles) north of Beirut, and seized the man before returning to their boats and leaving the area.
Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency (NNA) said an “unidentified military force” carried out a “sea landing” on the shore of Batroun at dawn on Friday.
