Two U.S. tourists, who were kidnapped by Egypt's Bedouin tribesmen in the Sinai Peninsula late on Wednesday, were released unharmed within hours, reports quoting security and government officials in the country said.
Palestinian news agency Ma'an identified the tourists as Jonathan Shizarlasky and Carter Brabon, both in their thirties.
They were traveling to the coastal Red Sea resort of Nuwaiba when Bedouin tribesmen, protesting the arrest of a drug dealer, seized them and took to an undisclosed location.
After prolonged negotiations, the drug trafficking tribesman was released from a local police station on Thursday in return for the tourists. Both the Americans were reportedly in good health.
U.S. State Department deputy spokesman Mark Toner said in a statement that the Egyptian authorities informed about the release of the Americans to the U.S. Embassy in Cairo, which "had been in touch with the victims' families and is providing appropriate Consular assistance."
The incident was the latest in a series of kidnappings by Bedouins of foreigners, mostly tourists, in Sinai.
Two American women and their local guide were held briefly in the region three months ago.
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