Seven officers kidnapped in Sinai are free and on route to Cairo after collaboration between tribal sheikhs, residents and military intelligence, says Armed Forces spokesman Wednesday After almost a week in captivity, seven soldiers held hostage by unidentified militants in Sinai have been released and are on route to Cairo confirmed Egyptian Armed Forces Spokesperson Ahmed Mohamed Ali, early Wednesday morning. Their freedom was secured, he added, thanks to the efforts of military intelligence in cooperation with tribal sheikhs and residents of the peninsula. The Armed Forces will hold a press conference shortly to reveal the details of how the soldiers were freed. Seven Egyptian security personnel, including a member of the armed forces, four port security officers and two state security officers, were taken hostage by unidentified kidnappers in the Sinai Peninsula on Thursday. It is the first time Egyptian security personnel have been abducted by Sinai-based militants. http://english.ahram.org.eg/News/72036.aspx
