Three Kidnapped Aid Workers Found Dead in Yemen
June 16, 2009
The bodies of three relief workers kidnapped in Yemen’s Saada province last week were found yesterday in another district known to be an Al Qaeda refuge, reports Bloomberg.
The three women, two German nurses and a South Korean teacher, worked for the World Wide Services Foundation, a Dutch charity that has been active in Saada for 30 years. They and six colleagues were taken June 12 while picnicking in the region.
Yemen’s government said the remaining six hostages were still alive and that security officials were “conducting extensive searches and investigations.”
