SANAA, Yemen – Yemeni security officials and local tribesmen say the kidnappers of three French aid workers are linked to the country's al-Qaida offshoot and are demanding $12 million ransom.
The two women and one man were abducted three months ago while working for the aid group Triangle Generation Humanitaire, which is based in Lyon, France. They were seized in eastern Yemen's Hadramawt province, which is home to al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula.
The Yemeni officials and tribesmen said Wednesday that intelligence chief Ghaleb al-Qamish and other senior government officials had asked prominent figures in the town of Sayoun to try to mediate their release.
All spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the issue.
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