Gunmen Kidnap Western Diplomat in Yemen Capital

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Gunmen kidnapped a Western diplomat and a woman accompanying him in the Yemeni capital on Tuesday and drove them off to an unknown destination, a diplomatic source and witnesses said.
The two were travelling in a car in the heavily patrolled Hada district of south Sanaa, where several embassies are located, when they were intercepted by the kidnappers, the sources said.

There was no immediate word on the diplomat's nationality or the identity of the woman.

Witnesses reported that the diplomat's car, apparently armored, was sandwiched between a van and a taxi behind it. The diplomat and the woman stepped out of their car to argue with those aboard the two vehicles that had blocked their way. Gunmen then emerged from the taxi, seized the pair and drove them off in the two vehicles.

Source: AFP