Spokesman says that policemen and border guard abducted in Sinai peninsula last week have been released. Six Egyptian policemen and a border guard abducted on the Sinai peninsula last week have been released, the Egyptian army has said in a statement. “The seven kidnapped soldiers are now on their way to Cairo after they were released thanks to the work of military intelligence, and in cooperation with the noble tribal leaders of Sinai," said army spokesman Colonel Ahmed Ali in a statement posted online on Wednesday. A report on state television said the hostages were released by their captors in the desert south of Rafah, near the border with Israel. The men were abducted last week while traveling between the North Sinai towns of El-Arish and Rafah. The army had deployed hundreds of soldiers to Sinai , along with dozens of armoured vehicles and helicopters, in the wake of the kidnapping. A military operation to free the hostages was widely expected in Egypt, but also risked tri...
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