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Two US tourists kidnapped by gunmen in Egypt (UPDATE: released)
Last edited Fri Feb 3, 2012, 04:15 PM - Edit history (1)
UPDATE:
Two Americans Kidnapped in Egypt Are Released, Officials Say
CAIRO — Bedouin gunmen stormed a minivan in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula on Friday, kidnapping two American tourists and an Egyptian tour guide for several hours before releasing them to the police, Egyptian security officials said.
Maj. Gen. Gamal el-Ba’ie, the director of investigations for the south Sinai area, said that Bedouin tribesmen took the hostages in the hopes of pressuring the government into releasing two of their relatives who had been arrested on suspicion of dealing drugs. It was not immediately clear whether the Egyptian government responded to that demand or how the freedom of the hostages was secured so quickly.
CAIRO — Bedouin gunmen stormed a minivan in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula on Friday, kidnapping two American tourists and an Egyptian tour guide for several hours before releasing them to the police, Egyptian security officials said.
Maj. Gen. Gamal el-Ba’ie, the director of investigations for the south Sinai area, said that Bedouin tribesmen took the hostages in the hopes of pressuring the government into releasing two of their relatives who had been arrested on suspicion of dealing drugs. It was not immediately clear whether the Egyptian government responded to that demand or how the freedom of the hostages was secured so quickly.
ORIGINAL STORY:
Two women were among party travelling from central Sinai to Sharm el-Sheikh when they were taken at gunpoint
Gunmen in Egypt's Sinai peninsula have kidnapped two American women in an apparent attempt to hold them for ransom, security sources said.
Security in the isolated desert region has deteriorated since the overthrow of Hosni Mubarak last February. South Sinai's Red Sea coast is a major tourism hub for Egypt.
The two tourists were among a party of five travelling from Saint Catherine's monastery in central Sinai to Sharm el-Sheikh when a vehicle carrying men armed with machine guns stopped their vehicle, the sources said.
The gunmen first took all the tourists' money and valuables and then, as an apparent afterthought, grabbed the two women, forced them into their vehicle and fled into the mountains, the security officials said.
Read More: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/feb/03/two-us-women-kidnapped-sinai
Gunmen in Egypt's Sinai peninsula have kidnapped two American women in an apparent attempt to hold them for ransom, security sources said.
Security in the isolated desert region has deteriorated since the overthrow of Hosni Mubarak last February. South Sinai's Red Sea coast is a major tourism hub for Egypt.
The two tourists were among a party of five travelling from Saint Catherine's monastery in central Sinai to Sharm el-Sheikh when a vehicle carrying men armed with machine guns stopped their vehicle, the sources said.
The gunmen first took all the tourists' money and valuables and then, as an apparent afterthought, grabbed the two women, forced them into their vehicle and fled into the mountains, the security officials said.
Read More: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/feb/03/two-us-women-kidnapped-sinai
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