Two Indian Red Cross staff kidnapped in Yemen

Aden: Armed tribesmen kidnapped two Indian Red Cross workers in south Yemen on Wednesday, a spokeswoman for the organisation and local sources told AFP.

“Gunmen intercepted two Indian Red Cross workers in Jaar [in Abyan province] and led them at gunpoint to a mountainous region,” said a member of a pro-government local militia controlling the town.

Dibeh Fakhr, Middle East spokeswoman for the International Committee of the Red Cross, confirmed the kidnapping, saying that negotiations were ongoing to secure their release.