Brazilian tourists kidnapped near Egypt's Sinai Peninsula

adamhenry92 | 3:02 PM on March 18, 2012

Here’s the Twitter report from sources with knowledge on the situation:

https://twitter.com/#!/SameralAtrush/status/181400338400686080

https://twitter.com/#!/SameralAtrush/status/181406765508866048

https://twitter.com/#!/SameralAtrush/status/181416834514419712

Here’s the report from CNN International:

Bedouin tribesmen have kidnapped two Brazilian tourists, their guide and a police officer in Egypt’s southern Sinai Peninsula, an Interior Ministry spokesman said Sunday.

The tourists, a woman and a teenage girl, were kidnapped near the Greek Orthodox monastery of St. Catherine’s, Interior Ministry spokesman Alaa Mahmoud told CNN. Their kidnappers are demanding the release of Bedouin prisoners jailed under longtime Egyptian strongman Hosni Mubarak, as well as the cancellation of sentences handed down in absentia.

Twitchy will continue to monitor the situation and update this post as needed.