2ND KIDNAPPING INCIDENT OF EUROPEANS IN ONE WEEK: ENOUGH IS ENOUGH! [Archives:2000/25/Front Page]

Tribal sources indicated that the tribesmen from the Dhe Junah tribe of Murad kidnapped Alberto Alessio, 40, Chairman of the Italian Archeology Foundation BRUISCERASIO along with the director of Yemen’s museums department, Sadiq Saeed Othman near the Mareb Prison in Mareb City at around 15:00 yesterday (Friday). According to the sources, it was mistakenly mentioned in some news agencies that the kidnappers were from Jahm (Al Za’id), while they were actually from Murad tribe. The tribes demanded compensation for the flood damages, positions for their young tribesmen in the military, a share of oil revenues for development projects in their area, along with an unspecified amount of money as ransom. It is worth mentioning that Alberto Alessio arrived on Wednesday to Yemen and signed an agreement with the minister of tourism and Universal Company. He agreed with the Yemeni government to transport the exhibition held in Rome and visited by the President “Yemen, the land of Sheba” to Torino City in Italy next September.

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