CAIRO(Yonhap) -- Three Korean tourists have been kidnapped by a group of armed tribesmen in Egypt, local security authorities said Friday.
The kidnappers of the three Koreans and their Egyptian guide belong to the Bedouin tribe on the Sinai Peninsula, they added.
Korean embassy officials here said they have no information yet on the report.
"We have not received any contact (from Egyptian authorities on the matter)," an embassy official said. "We are trying to figure out the situation."
Egyptian officials were quoted as saying that those tribesmen often abduct foreign tourists to use in negotiations with the government over the release of imprisoned colleagues. The tourists are usually released unharmed, they added.