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SANAA, April 13 (KUNA) -- 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. (end)
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