A Dutch couple kidnapped by Yemeni tribesmen two weeks ago were released from captivity on Monday, local sources said. Tribal intermediaries were instrumental in the release of the Dutch hostages who worked at a water project in the province of Taez in the southern part of the country.The intermediaries had negotiated an agreement with the kidnappers to release the couple who returned to Sanaa today from Taez where the kidnappers had asked for ransom money from the government as compensation for the injury one of them had sustained during an armed confrontation with security forces in the province of Maareb, east of Yemen, last year.
This is the third kidnapping incident involving foreigners this year and the second perpetrated by members of the Dhabian tribe who roam rugged mountain territories east of the capital city.