VAW: Rape attempt in Ansar, kidnapping of minor in Qab Elias

The ISF General Directorate-Public Relations Division, announced in a statement on April 24 that, on 20/4/2019, a woman was spotted nude in the streets of the Nabatiyeh town of Ansar and was in a state of panic, but was protected by the town residents. Surveillance has shown that an unidentified person gave her a ride in his car from Saida, but instead of taking her to Tyre where she was heading, he drove to Ansar and tried to rape her in a deserted orchard after beating her hard, the statement said, adding the woman luckily escaped. In less than an hour, the culprit, R. H (Lebanese, born in 1980) was traced, arrested and referred to the competent judiciary where he seemed to be boozed up, the statement said. On the same day, N.H (Syrian, born in 1958) reported the kidnapping of his minor daughter Kh.H (born in 2006) by his Syrian national B.A (born in 1997) in front of her house in Qab Elias-Zahleh area in Beqaa, with the intention of forced marriage. (Al Mustaqbal, Al Diyar, April 24, 2019)