Tribesmen still holding family

Sanaa - Security forces cordoned off an area in Yemen's rugged interior where mountain tribesmen were holding a British family…

Sanaa - Security forces cordoned off an area in Yemen's rugged interior where mountain tribesmen were holding a British family hostage, a senior embassy official said yesterday. "Nobody gets in. Nobody gets out," a security spokesman said.

Members of the Bani Dabiyan tribe kidnapped Mr David Mitchell (48), an official at the British Council in the southern city of Aden, along with his wife Caroline and son Ben.

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