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Friday, May 9, 2008
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| Reuters
TOKYO -- Two Japanese women who were kidnapped by local tribesmen while holidaying in Yemen have been released safely, Japan's foreign ministry said on Thursday. The pair, who were abducted while visiting a historic site in Marib, arrived without injury at their hotel, Japan's Kyodo news agency said, quoting a source from Japan's embassy in Yemen. A provincial government official in the area had said the tribesmen kidnapped the women to press the Yemen government to free a jailed relative. Security forces had surrounded the area where the kidnappers took their hostages.
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