Saudi Arabia seeks extradition from Lebanon of man who threatened embassy


  • World
  • Tuesday, 30 Aug 2022

FILE PHOTO: A Saudi flag flutters atop the Saudi Arabia's embassy in Beirut, Lebanon May 18, 2022. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir

BEIRUT (Reuters) -Saudi Arabia's ambassador to Lebanon Walid al-Bukhari said the kingdom is seeking the arrest and extradition from Lebanon of a Saudi man who threatened the kingdom's embassy in Beirut last week.

"We call upon the competent Lebanese authorities to undertake the necessary legal procedures regarding the terrorist threats," Bukhari said following a meeting with Lebanon's interior minister.

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