DUSHANBE, February 10, 2015, Asia-Plus – Tajik nurse Gulrukhsor Rofiyeva, who was kidnapped in Yemen’s Marib province on October 29, 2014, was released today morning, Radio Liberty’s Tajik service reports.
She was reportedly freed by the Al-Hariqdan tribe.
We will recall that Gulrukhsor Rofiyeva, 36, who was working as a nurse in Yemen’s Marib province, was kidnapped on October 29. Gulrukhsor Rofiyeva’s relatives say she was supposed to return to Tajikistan on November 13.
Tribal sources reportedly said the kidnappers had pressed the authorities to release fellow tribesmen held on criminal charges.
In a release issued on November 14, the Yemeni Interior Ministry revealed the names of the kidnappers, who are Mohammad Huraiqedan, Ali Huraiqedan and Nasser Huraiqedan; all from Al Meza’of Abida Tribe.
They are ex-convicts accused of committing crimes ranging from highway robbery, blocking roads to kidnapping foreigners, a statement by the Yemeni Ministry of Interior said.
It is to be noted that hundreds of foreigners have been abducted in Yemen over the past two decades by tribesmen who use them as bargaining means in disputes with the government. According to Yemeni media sources, a majority of hostages are released unharmed through tribal mediation.
