Yemen: persons involved in kidnapping German attache arrested

The Yemeni government on Saturday started vast mopping up operations in search of persons suspected to be involved in the case of kidnapping the German commercial attache in the German embassy in Sanaa who was kidnapped 9 days ago.

Well-informed sources in the Yemeni capital Sanaa said that the Yemeni security forces arrested several persons suspected to be involved in the kidnapping operation which caused a great embarrassment to the Yemeni government and its security forces.

The same sources indicated that the Yemeni security forces during the few past days carried out a vast operation in search for those who have links to this issue and the operation targeted tribal and non- tribal persons in Sanaa and many other provinces the kidnappers presumed to have resorted to.

These developments were coincided with the arrival of the German international cooperation minister to Sanaa on Saturday who held talks with the Yemeni officials pertaining to the kidnapping of the German diplomat ( 60 year old) who was kidnapped in one of Sanaa's crowded streets.

Upon her arrival the German minister met with the team of the German embassy and learnt about information available at the embassy on the kidnapping operation. The German minister also met with Yemeni officials including the foreign minister Abu Baker al-Qurba, who stressed to the German minister that Yemen's government works through specialized departments to ensure the release of the kidnapped German diplomat.