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Britons released after kidnapping in Egypt's Sinai -sources

Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation - Thu, 7 Mar 2013 02:05 PM
Author: Reuters
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CAIRO, March 7 (Reuters) - Two British tourists kidnapped by Bedouin gunmen in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula on Thursday have been released, security sources said.

Members of the armed forces received the two tourists after negotiations with tribal elders, the sources said. (Reporting by Yusri Mohamed; Writing by Alexander Dziadosz, Writing by Sylvia Westall)

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