Sanaa, Sept 30: Security forces in Yemen arrested four French nationals around 10 days ago and are holding them in Aden, a local authority official in this Southern Port City said today. "Security forces arrested four people carrying French passports 10 or 12 days ago. On Monday, they were still in the custody of intelligence services in Aden," a local authority official told a news agency on condition of anonymity.
He gave no reason for their arrests.
The French foreign ministry said today that four French citizens suspected of involvement in the September 11 attacks in the United States were being held in Yemen.

Ministry spokesman Francois Rivasseau said the French consulate in the Yemeni capital Sanaa was providing assistance to the four.
"As far as we know, they have not been made the object of official charges at this time," he added.

Bureau Report