A British couple believed to have been kidnapped at gunpoint by Bedouin tribesmen in Egypt have been freed.
The two were said to be taken in the Sinai Peninsula as they made their way by car from Cairo to the popular Red Sea resort of Sharm el Sheikh.
They were released soon afterwards following "intense negotiations" with security officials.
The pair were freed after police promised their kidnappers they would release a detained relative who had been arrested and accused of smuggling weapons from Libya to Egypt.
An Egyptian military intelligence official said the couple were safe and in a security building in Ras Sidr in southern Sinai.
Security in the isolated desert region of the Sinai Peninsula has deteriorated since Hosni Mubarak was overthrown in the uprising in 2011.
Tourists have been targeted in the past by Bedouin in Sinai wanting to pressure police to free detained relatives. Tourists are typically not held for long before being released unharmed.
The Foreign Office advises against all travel to northern Sinai and advises against all but essential travel in southern Sinai except for the tourist areas around Sharm el Sheikh.
A spokeswoman for UK travel organisation Abta said: "In accordance with Foreign Office advice, our members are not currently operating excursions in the restricted areas of Egypt."
She went on: "The incident highlights the risks of making independent arrangements and the importance for British nationals and tourists to follow the FO's advice.
"The Red Sea resorts including those in the entire region of Sharm el Sheikh, Taba, Nuweiba and Dahab and the roads between these resorts and the airports of Taba and Sharm el Sheikh, are not included in the travel restrictions and are all operating as normal."
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