Yemeni tribesmen release tourists

Two Italian tourists kidnapped by a tribe in Yemen were freed before two days, the Italian embassy in Sanaa said on July 30th.

The couple, who were seized with their Yemeni driver and Ethiopian guide, are now in the hands of the Interior ministry, Roberto Vesperini, an embassy attache, said.

Maria Paola Moriconi and Luigi Archetti, both aged 40, were kidnapped around 40 km southeast of Sanaa on the road of Taiz.

The Yemeni government negotiated their release, he added.