Tourists Kidnapped in Egypt*
Travel Blog • Jim Benning • 09.22.08 | 11:13 AM ET
Eleven European tourists and eight others, including guides and drivers, were abducted while on an off-road tour near the Gilf al-Kebir plateau, the BBC reports. Egypt’s tourism minister said bandits demanding a ransom, and not terrorists, were responsible. Officials are apparently working to negotiate a release. Add: Reuters has confirmed the kidnappers have taken the hostages out of Egypt.
* Updated Monday, Sept. 22: Good news. The BBC now reports that the 19 people have been released in good condition.
* Updated Monday, Sept. 22, 6:10 p.m. PT: Hold on. The latest: “A cabinet spokesman said that an earlier announcement by the foreign minister that they had been freed and were safe and well was premature.”
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Jim Benning is the editor and co-founder of World Hum.
