Kidnapped Germans Released Unharmed
From Times Wire Reports
A former German diplomat and his family were released unharmed, three days after being kidnapped by tribesmen while on vacation in the mountains of eastern Yemen, officials said.
Juergen Chrobog, a former deputy German foreign minister, his wife and their three adult sons were flown from the area after they were freed, German and Yemeni officials said.
The kidnappers let the family go after Yemen’s government agreed to hold talks about a group of detained fellow tribesmen, a negotiator said.
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