Three foreign tourists kidnapped in Yemen's capital 21 December 2012 Last updated at 16:17 Three foreign tourists have been kidnapped in the Yemeni capital, Sanaa, security officials say. One official told the AFP news agency that four masked gunmen had seized them at a shop in the city centre. The official said the tourists were two men and a woman and that were been driven to an unknown location. Their nationalities are not known, but one report said that they were Westerners. Kidnappings of foreigners are common in Yemen and usually resolved peacefully. Tribes have been known to kidnap them as leverage for getting grievances addressed by the government. But militants linked to al-Qaeda have also claimed responsibility for abductions. The incident came two days after President Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi reorganised the military to reduce the powers of the family of his predecessor, Ali Abdullah Saleh, who handed over power in November. The Special Forces and Republic Guard, which were both led by Ahmed Saleh, were brought under the control of the ministry of defence.