ST. CATHERINE, Egypt, Feb. 3 (UPI) -- Two American tourists and an Egyptian tour guide kidnapped from a minivan in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula Friday have been freed, a security official said.
Maj. Gen. Gamal el-Baie, director of investigations for the south Sinai area, said Bedouin gunmen took the hostages to try to pressure the government into releasing two of their relatives, arrested on suspicion of dealing drugs, The New York Times reported.