Kidnapped European Tourists Speak
October 1, 2008 – 9:31 amBBC:
A group of European tourists who spent 10 days as hostages in the Sahara have been describing the terrifying ordeal.
“At a certain point we thought it was all over,” Walter Barotto, an Italian among a group of 19 people kidnapped in Egypt, told La Stampa newspaper.
Four other Italians, five Germans, a Romanian and eight Egyptian guides had been seized in a remote border area.
All the hostages have returned home after being freed on Monday, but there are conflicting accounts of the rescue.
This is follow-up on the “Freed Hostages Return from Egypt” and “11Tourists and 8 Egyptians Kidnapped in Egypt“ posts.
