The World - News from Dec. 13, 1985
A KGB unit abducted 12 Lebanese extremists and killed one of them after gunmen executed one of four Soviet hostages in Beirut in October, the London Daily Mail said. Quoting intelligence sources from an unidentified country, the Mail said that the KGB team sent the body back to the group’s leader with a message saying, “Release our three hostages or we will shoot yours one by one.” The four Soviets were kidnaped Sept. 30, and two days later the body of one was found shot to death.
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