Kidnapped US tourists are released
Source: Agencies |
February 4, 2012, Saturday
|
Print Edition
Print Edition
A SENIOR security official says two female American tourists and their Egyptian guide have been freed hours after they were abducted at gunpoint near St Catherine's Monastery in the Sinai Peninsula yesterday.
South Sinai Police Chief Major General Mohammed Naguib said they were released after negotiations with Bedouin tribesmen.
The three were seized yesterday from a minivan that was returning them from the monastery to the Red Sea resort town of Sharm el-Sheikh. Naguib said earlier the kidnappers wanted the release of fellow tribesmen who were arrested.
Also yesterday, four gunmen stopped the vehicle of two Italians working for a food factory in Suez and robbed them. They let the Italians go.
South Sinai Police Chief Major General Mohammed Naguib said they were released after negotiations with Bedouin tribesmen.
The three were seized yesterday from a minivan that was returning them from the monastery to the Red Sea resort town of Sharm el-Sheikh. Naguib said earlier the kidnappers wanted the release of fellow tribesmen who were arrested.
Also yesterday, four gunmen stopped the vehicle of two Italians working for a food factory in Suez and robbed them. They let the Italians go.
- About Us
- |
- Terms of Use
- |
-
RSS - |
- Privacy Policy
- |
- Contact Us
- |
- Shanghai Call Center: 962288
- |
- Tip-off hotline: 52920043
- 沪ICP证：沪ICP备05050403号-1
- |
- 互联网新闻信息服务许可证：31120180004
- |
- 网络视听许可证：0909346
- |
- 广播电视节目制作许可证：沪字第354号
- |
- 增值电信业务经营许可证：沪B2-20120012
Copyright © 1999- Shanghai Daily. All rights reserved.Preferably viewed with Internet Explorer 8 or newer browsers.
