Six aid workers kidnapped in Yemen

January 31, 2012

Sanaa, Yemen (CNN) -- Six aid workers were kidnapped Tuesday in Yemen's Mahweet province, the state-run Saba news agency reported.

Tribal militants intercepted the workers' vehicles and took them to an unknown destination, a senior Interior Ministry official told CNN.

Military vehicles were searching for the workers. They reportedly are two Yemenis, along with a German, an Iraqi, a Palestinian and a Colombian.