Bodies in Yemen not those of European hostages

“DNA tests were conducted in Sanaa for the five bodies and it has been confirmed that they were the remains of Somalis, not Europeans,” a security official told AFP.

He said that the tests were done “with help from German experts.”

The corpses, which were found in Al-Jawf province on Saturday, were feared to be the bodies of a German family, part of a group of seven Germans, a Briton and a South Korean who were kidnapped last June.

The bodies of two Germans and the South Korean were recovered shortly after the abduction. Five Germans — a couple and their three children — and the Briton remain missing.

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