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[Published: Tuesday March 31 2009]

Tourists 'taken in Yemen'

Sanaa, 31 March-(ANA)-Armed tribesmen have kidnapped at least two Europeans in Yemen, security sources say.

The nationality of the foreigners has not been confirmed, but reports suggested they were Dutch tourists.

The abductors are said to have taken the foreigners to a mountainous area 90km from Sanaa, and to be demanding the release of two of their relatives.

Yemen has a history of kidnapping by tribesmen, in most cases those taken are released unharmed soon after.

The last Western tourist to be kidnapped in Yemen, the poorest of the Gulf states, was a German engineer who was seized in January and released a few days later. (ANA)

FA/ANA/31 March 2009---

 


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