05-30-2004, 07:09 PM
<b>Saudi hostage drama ends; 8 Indians killed </b>
identified asLawrence Gregory Monice from Mangalore, 45-year-old P K Pradeep Kumar (Kerala), J N Jose (Kerala), Charles Clethens Carlos, John Fernando (Goa), Suresh Kumar and J Ram (both from Rajasthan) and Vikram (Bihar), the sources told PTI over phone
<b>Saudi Commandos Free Dozens Held at Resort</b>
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Abu Hashem, a 45-year-old Iraqi-American engineer, said four gunmen â lightly bearded Saudi men who looked 18 to 25 years old â asked for his residency papers.
<b>"They said, 'You are American,' and I told them I am an American Muslim. They said, 'We do not kill Muslims,'" They then apologized for breaking into his home</b>.
Abdul Salam al-Hakawati, a 38-year-old Lebanese corporate financial officer, said gunmen rummaging around his family residence said, "This is a Muslim house" â apparently seeing framed Quranic verses on the walls.
He said a man in his early 20s, carrying a machine gun and wearing an ammunition belt, told him: "We only want to hurt Westerners and Americans. Can you tell us where we can find them here?"
identified asLawrence Gregory Monice from Mangalore, 45-year-old P K Pradeep Kumar (Kerala), J N Jose (Kerala), Charles Clethens Carlos, John Fernando (Goa), Suresh Kumar and J Ram (both from Rajasthan) and Vikram (Bihar), the sources told PTI over phone
<b>Saudi Commandos Free Dozens Held at Resort</b>
...
Abu Hashem, a 45-year-old Iraqi-American engineer, said four gunmen â lightly bearded Saudi men who looked 18 to 25 years old â asked for his residency papers.
<b>"They said, 'You are American,' and I told them I am an American Muslim. They said, 'We do not kill Muslims,'" They then apologized for breaking into his home</b>.
Abdul Salam al-Hakawati, a 38-year-old Lebanese corporate financial officer, said gunmen rummaging around his family residence said, "This is a Muslim house" â apparently seeing framed Quranic verses on the walls.
He said a man in his early 20s, carrying a machine gun and wearing an ammunition belt, told him: "We only want to hurt Westerners and Americans. Can you tell us where we can find them here?"