Yemeni tribesmen release abducted Japanese man

SANAA | Tue Nov 17, 2009 11:07am EST

SANAA Nov 17 (Reuters) - Yemeni tribesmen released on Tuesday a Japanese engineer they had abducted in an area north east of the capital Sanaa, a provincial official said.

"He is now with the mediators, he will be in the capital within two hours," the official told Reuters.

The abductors seized the engineer who works with a Yemeni government project to press Sanaa to release jailed relatives.

The man was kidnapped in the town of Arhab about 60 km (37 miles) north east of Sanaa. (Reporting by Mohamed Sudam; Writing by Inal Ersan)

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