Yemeni threatens to kill Swiss hostages
(AP)
Updated: 2005-11-21 22:10

A tribesman threatened to kill two Swiss tourists he kidnapped Monday if the government uses force to free them. Hasan Ahmed al-Dhamen told The Associated Press that he would kill his two Swiss hostages, a man and a woman, if security forces tried to raid his hide-out.

"They are safe, and being treated very well and will not be harmed, but if force is used, they will die with us. We will not kneel," he said by telephone from his hideout in the northern province in Marib.