The two female American tourists and their Egyptian tour guide, who were kidnapped in Sharm El-Sheikh on Friday, were released unharmed after several hours, according to security officials.
According to MENA newsagency, Tourism Minister Munir Fakhry Abd El-Nur confirmed that the three were in good health and that they have not been mistreated.
Masked gunmen had held up the tourists' bus at Wadi al-Soal in southern Sinai en route from of St. Catherine to Sharm el-Sheikh. Authorities had spent several hours negotiating with kidnappers Salem Atwa and Salem Abu Khoshb, who were demanding the release of Khoshb's two sons, in jail on drugs charges, a security official told AFP.
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