Five Italian tourists were kidnapped Sunday by tribesman in the northern province of Ma`rib, security officials said. It was the second abduction of foreign tourists in a week. ''We are trying to find out who kidnapped them and what are their demands,'' a security official said, speaking on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the situation.
No identities or other details on the tourists were available.
The abduction came a day after the release of a family of five Germans and three Yemeni assistants who had been held for three days by kidnappers in east Yemen. Those tribesmen kidnapped the tourists in a bid to force the government to free detained members of their eastern Yemeni tribe. |