17/07/2012 10:58
US tourists freed in Egypt
Egyptian Bedouin tribesmen on Monday released two US tourists and their guide who had been held in captivity for three days in the Sinai Peninsula, a senior security official told AFP.
"The two have been released after successful negotiations with the Bedouins and they are now in the North Sinai security headquarters," the official said.
Their Egyptian guide, Haitham Ragab, was also freed, he added.
The negotiations were mediated by Bedouin elders, the official said, but refused to elaborate on the terms of the deal.
The AFP reported that the lead kidnapper, Germy Abu Masouh, abducted the two Americans -- a man and a woman -- and their guide in Egypt's lawless Sinai on Friday, demanding the release of his uncle who is being held on drugs charges.