Al-Syani kidnapped [Archives:2003/04/Local News]

Tribal sources reported on Saturday that mika 25 military unit has started shelling one of the houses of the kidnappers of a young man called Tareq al-Sayani, who was kidnapped from Sanhan area, to gain personal interests from Yemeni government.
This comes after the 24-hour ultimatum given by President Ali Abdullah Saleh to release the boy was over.
The source added that members from al-Zaidi tribe continue to hold Tareq al-Sayani, a tribesman belonging to the Sanhan tribe, who was kidnapped from Sanhan area. The kidnappers objectives were to gain personal interests from Yemeni government.
On the other hand Sanhan tribe set up a checkpoint to prevent Khawlan tribes from passing through until the kidnapped returns and let arbitration in the hand of Sanhan tribe to which the Yemeni president belongs.
Security authorities arrested people belonging to al-Zaidi Sarwah-Marib and were put in prison as hostages until the boy is released. Khawalan sheikhs attempted to give Sanhan tribes arbitration guns against removing the checkpoints to put an end to the case.

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