Ua loaʻa nā kupapaʻu o nā malihini mākaʻikaʻi ʻehiku ma Saʻada, Yemen i ka Pōʻakahi. He ʻāpana lākou o ka hui ʻeiwa e kipa ana i ke kūlanakauhale mauna ʻākau, a ua ʻaihue ʻia i ka Pōʻalima i hala. Manaʻo nā mana i ka Shiite Zaidi kipi ke kuleana.
ʻO nā mākaʻikaʻi ʻeiwa he ʻāpana o kahi hui kōkua honua e hana ana ma kahi haukapila ma Saʻada no 35 mau makahiki. Me he mea lā, ua hele kaʻahele nā ʻeiwa i ka Pōʻalima i hala a ʻaʻole i hoʻi mai. Ma waena o lākou he ʻehiku Kelemania, hoʻokahi wahine Korea Hema, a he kāne Pelekane. Ua loaʻa ola ʻelua o nā keiki ʻekolu o ka hui. Ua hōʻole ka poʻe kipi Zaidi i nā hoʻopiʻi ma ka Pōʻakahi.
ʻO kēia nūhou ka mea hou loa o ke kaulahao o ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi haole ma Yemen. ʻO 24 mau limahana kūloko a me nā mea mākaʻikaʻi i kāʻili ʻia e nā ʻohana ma mua o kēia mahina ma ka halemai hoʻokahi, ka haukapila ʻo Al-Salaam, a hoʻokuʻu koke ʻia.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- The nine tourists were part of an international relief group that has been working in a hospital in Sa'ada for 35 years.
- They were part of a group of nine visiting the northern mountain city, and were kidnapped last Thursday.
- This news is the latest of a string of foreign tourist abductions in Yemen.
