Missing Sahara Tourists "Found"

World | May 14, 2003, Wednesday // 00:00

A number of Europeans who are among 32 tourists presumed to have been kidnapped in the Sahara desert have been found, according to officials. Ten Austrians, six Germans and a Swede have been released and are said to be in good health, according to the foreign ministries in Vienna, Berlin and Stockholm. The fate of the other tourists - including 10 Germans, four Swiss and one Dutch citizen - is not clear. The 32 adventure tourists were travelling across the Sahara in six or seven groups without guides when they disappeared between mid-February and mid-March.

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