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Yemen authorities say kidnapped Swede released

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A Swedish national kidnapped by Yemeni tribesmen has been released, a Yemen security official said on Friday.

 

The Swedish man, an engineer at a cement factory in south Yemen, was kidnapped late on Thursday by armed tribesmen who wanted to use a hostage to negotiate the release of a fellow tribe member who was sentenced to death in a Yemeni court. (Reuters)

 

 

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