Unidentified persons intercepted a car traveling by the crew of the series “Baltoo’ al-Rouh” in the Baalbek region, eastern Lebanon. The Lebanese media reported that the gunmen had kidnapped the accountant.
And the “National News Agency” stated that “unidentified gunmen in a four-wheel drive vehicle intercepted the Rayak-Baalbek highway in the locality of Taybeh, near the town of Brital, on the road of a Kia car, traveling by the team of the series “Bloo’ Al-Rouh”, whose events are being filmed in the city of Baalbek, and shot at the car and forced its driver to stop, then they kidnapped the accountant in the “Al-Sabah” company for artistic and film production, Sadiq Rolly, while Gabriel Ramia managed to escape and was taken to the police station in the town of Taybeh for investigation.
The producing company stated in a statement, “The kidnapped person is an employee working for the Al-Sabah Company, and that the producer, Sadiq Al-Sabah, is following up on the circumstances of the case in coordination with the security services.”
Activists on social networking sites had circulated news that the artist Ahmed Al-Saadani had been kidnapped in Lebanon while filming his scenes in the series “Btolo Al-Ruh”, which deals with the crimes of the terrorist organization ISIS.
Ahmed Al-Saadani
The company that produced the series revealed in an official statement about the fact that Al-Saadani was kidnapped, saying: “After circulating news of the kidnapping of the Egyptian actor Ahmed Al-Saadani, at the junction of the town of Taiba, Al-Sabah Brothers Company confirms that Al-Saadani is fine, and the news is untrue, as the work team finished filming today. His scenes from the Ramadan series “Blood Al Soul”.
The events of the series “Bloo Al-Ruh” revolve around Menna Shalaby, after her husband deceives her and lures her from Egypt to an ISIS den in Syria.
The series, starring Menna Shalaby, Ilham Shaheen, Ahmed El-Saadani, Mohamed Hatem, and Adel Karam, written by Mohamed Hisham Obeya, and directed by Kamila Abu Zekry.