Egypt Bedouin kidnap two Brazilian tourists
Egyptian soldiers in the Sinai desert. By Menahem Kahana (AFP/File)
CAIRO (AFP) - Egyptian Bedouin on Sunday kidnapped two Brazilian tourists in the Sinai peninsula, the third abduction of tourists in the peninsula this year, security officials said.
The tourists were returning from the historic monastery of St Catherine in southern Sinai when the tribesmen seized them, according to the officials, one of whom said both were teenage girls.
Other security officials could not confirm their gender or age.