Love Causes Eight Hostages of the Haraz Tribe to go on a Hunger Strike! [Archives:1999/34/Local News]

Eight persons from Haraz are still being kept as hostages by the Joham tribe for a month. The hostages have declared that if they are not let free, they will go on a hunger strike. It is reported that these hostages have been taken because a girl from Joham had eloped with her lover, Ahmad Sagheer Al-Harazi on 16-6-1999. In a meeting of Kholan tribes last Saturday, they made the verdict that people of Haraz have to accept the arbitration of the Joham tribe and give them 100 weapons, as well as two cars, providing the Joham tribe releases the hostages. Then, a period of two months has to be given to the people of Haraz so in order to bring back the eloped girl and her lover. However, a reliable source reported that the people of Joham will reject this arbitration. They will not release the hostages unless they know the destiny of their girl is known.
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