19 tourists kidnapped in Egypt
September 23, 2008 CAIRO (AFP) - Masked bandits kidnapped a group of 19 foreign tourists and Egyptians at gunpoint as they were on a desert safari in a remote corner of southwestern Egypt, officials said on Monday.
“This is an act of banditry not of terrorism,” the tourism ministry said in a statement, adding that those responsible have asked for an undisclosed sum of money as a ransom.
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