Alsahwah.net-The Italian Foreign Affairs
Ministry stated that Italy supports Yemen efforts in counter-terrorism efforts hours
after an Italian who worked as a security officer in the Italian Embassy in
Yemen was abducted.
In a phone call with Italian Foreign
Minister Giulio Terzi Di Santagata, Yemeni Foreign Minister Abubakr al-Qirbi said
the hunt for the kidnappers had begun, Saba reported late on Sunday.
A spokesman for the Italian Foreign
Ministry in Rome said a security officer who was a member of the country's
Carabinieri military police had been seized in Yemen and that a crisis committee
had been activated.