Dutch Couple Held Hostage in Yemen Freed

A Dutch couple that had been held hostage by armed tribesman in a mountainous region of Yemen has been released.

It has been nearly two weeks since Jan Hoogendoorn and his wife Heleen Janszen were kidnapped as they were driving in the Yemeni capital of Sanaa. They were taken into a rugged region about 55 miles southeast of Sanaa where they were being held.

According to reports tribal intermediaries were able to negotiate an agreement that resulted in the release of the two but the details of that agreement have not been released.

Hoogendoorn had appeared via video broadcast on Dutch television on Sunday where he appealed to the government not to use violence as a means of securing their release.

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