CAIRO: Two American View of Sinai Peninsula from above. female tourists and their guide were reportedly kidnapped in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula on Friday near St. Katherine's monastery about an hour away from the Red Sea resort town of Sharm el-Sheikh. According to security sources, Bedouin gunmen stopped the bus they were traveling in and took them, although the US Embassy in Cairo has not confirmed their nationality as of Friday late afternoon. Maj. Gen. Mohammed Naguib, the southern Sinai's head of security, was quoted by CBS News as saying the kidnappers of the Americans were driving a “sedan and a pickup truck and sped away into the mountains after seizing the two women, who were returning from the monastery to the Red Sea resort town of Sharm el-Sheikh.” The US embassy said in a statement that they were currently looking into the matter. “Egyptian authorities have confirmed to us that two tourists, who they say are American citizens, have been kidnapped in Sinai,” the embassy said in a press statement. “We are trying to confirm their citizenship and in the meantime are working closely with the Egyptian authorities to do everything possible to ensure the tourists' safety,” it added. BM ShortURL: http://goo.gl/GdfW1 Tags: Bedouin, featured, Kidnapping, Sinai Section: Egypt, Latest News, North America