By Mohammed al-Kibsi
A U worker from Norway was kidnapped by some tribesmen from
Marib province in Yemen’s capital Sana’a said security and diplomat sources on
Sunday.
Yemeni security official said the U.N. worker was kidnapped from
Sana’a city by armed tribesmen who transferred him to Marib province.
Marib province, 170 kilometers to the North East of Sana’a
is one of the strongholds of al-Qaeda in the north of Yemen.
The Norwegian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Ford Overland
Andersen said the ministry was informed the 34-year-old Norwegian man was
abducted early Sunday.
“U.N. worker was taken hostage by the Abidah tribe of Marib
province. They were demanding the release of a tribesman who was arrested on
charges of killing four Yemeni soldiers,” said the Norwegian official.
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