On May 28th, 2011, 3 French aid workers were kidnapped in the eastern Yemeni province of Hadramaut as they were conducting a field trip near Sayyun.
The trio, 2 women and a man were all working for the French based humanitarian organization, Triangle Generation Humanitaire.
Although their disappearances made the headlines worldwide as it raised security matters in the region for all foreign workers, and most predominantly westerners, the lack of developments led the story to fade into the background.
After the Yemeni government announced that it knew the elements behind the kidnapping, adding that it was already negotiating with the alleged terror group, nothing more was said on the aid workers' fate.
The story resurfaced in September when a video posted on YouTube shown the 3 French nationals making a statement addressed to the international community, urging people to force the French government to take further actions for their release.
“We have been held hostage for 102 days and the French and Yemeni governments don’t appear to be concerned about our situation and do nothing to end our captivity, while they are aware of the (captors’) demands. Why this abandonment? We address ourselves to the French people, to human rights organizations,” said Pierre Perrot, one of the abductee.
Today, the Yemen Post was told that the kidnapers had threatened to execute the 3 hostages if their demands were not met within the next 5 days.
A source close to the terror revealed the following:
" I was told by the kidnappers to declare their ultimatum of five days only, if their demands are not met, then they would slaughter the three hostages," said the source who asked not to be named because of the sensitivity of the issue.
The source added that the government as well as the French authorities knew exactly those demands were. "Their demands were declared many times everybody knows them."
The kidnappers are believed to have requested the release of several alleged terrorists as well as a subsequent sum of money.
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