Norway confirms abduction of Norwegian woman in Egypt

March 23, 2013 03:46

The Norwegian foreign ministry confirmed on Friday that a Norwegian national has been kidnapped in the Sinai desert in Egypt.

"We can confirm that a Norwegian citizen has been abducted in Egypt," Svein Michelsen, a spokesman for the Norwegian foreign ministry, said in a statement.

The ministry has mobilized the necessary resources to handle the situation, said Michelsen.When they were travelling in a car between the two tourist destinations -- Nuweiba and Dahab, the Norwegian woman and an Israeli Arab man was stopped by a group of gunmen suspected to armed Bedouin tribesmen, said the Norwegian-language newspaper Aftenposten, quoting newspapers reports from Egypt and Isarel.

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