As reported by thelocal.no, “An Israeli man and a Norwegian woman kidnapped by armed Bedouin tribesmen in Egypt’s Sinai peninsula four days ago were set free on Tuesday, Egyptian and Norwegian officials said… The Norwegian foreign ministry confirmed the release of the woman identified as 31-year-old Ingvild Selvik Ask, a paediatrician.” Read Article
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As covered by dailynewsegypt.com, “Kidnappers in the Sinai Peninsula confirmed that officials from the Norwegian embassy offered them a large sum of money in exchange for the release of a Norwegian Tourist captured with an Israeli companion on Friday. The kidnappers stated that they did not capture the tourists to claim a ransom, but to […]
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Jn1.tv reported that near the Taba crossing on the Sianai Peninsula, two tourists have been kidnapped by Bedouin tribesmen at gunpoint. The tourists are and Arab-Israeli and a woman from Europe. Apparently the kidnappers are demanding that prisoners from Egyptian jails be released. An Arab-Israeli and a European woman have been kidnapped in Egypt’s Sinai […]
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As covered by huffingtonpost.com, “An Israeli man and a Norwegian woman went missing in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula on Friday and are suspected to have been kidnapped, officials said. An Egyptian intelligence official in Sinai said a Bedouin taxi driver told police he was driving the two to the popular Red Sea diving site of Dahab […]
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Two Czech Republic tourists were kidnapped in Pakistan about 340 miles from Quetta, Balochistan province Home Secretary Akbar Hussain Durrani said. Durrani said the women were passengers on a bus boarded by armed men lying in wait in a sport utility vehicle Wednesday, The Nation reported Thursday. Read Article
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Two British tourists kidnapped in Egypt were freed within hours. The two had reportedly been driving from Cairo to the Red Sea resort of Sharm el Sheikh when they were kidnapped in the southern Sinai Desert. An Egyptian military intelligence official said the Britons were safe and in a security building in Ras Sidr in […]
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cronica.com.mx reported the Germans Breur Uwe Otto and Gunther were kidnapped last November by the ELN, the second active guerrilla in Colombia, while conducting ecotourism in the Catatumbo region, on the border with Venezuela. The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) today announced its willingness to participate in the humanitarian operation that seeks to […]
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As reported by thelocal.fr, “A young American student kidnapped in Geneva upon leaving a nightclub was robbed and abandoned close to Lyon, east-central France, a detailed report revealed on Wednesday…” Read Article
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Foreignpolicy.com repoted that Yemen’s tribal practice of kidnapping to extort concessions by the government in Sanaa and ransom payments from abroad has two faces. At one extreme is the romanticized version of rural tribesmen taking hostages and, in accordance with Yemeni tribal custom, treating them as honored guests until an agreement is mediated with the […]
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