Saudi Arabia Frees 2 German Children Kidnapped in Yemen
VOA News
18 May 2010
Saudi security forces have freed two German children kidnapped in Yemen last year.
Saudi Arabia's Interior Ministry says the two German girls were recovered from an area near the two countries' border.
Germany said the girls were in good health and would be flown home on Wednesday.
The girls were a part of German family of five - a couple and their three children - kidnapped along with four others last June in Yemen's northern mountains.
Two German women and a South Korean woman who disappeared with the group were later found dead. There has been no word on the fate of the remaining hostages.
On Monday, Yemeni security forces began an operation to free two Chinese oil workers kidnapped by tribesmen in southeastern Shabwa province.
The two Chinese workers, kidnapped on Sunday, were employed by an oil company in Shabwa. The French news agency reports that four Yemeni government employees also were kidnapped.
Some information for this report was provided by AP, AFP and Reuters.
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