SANAA, Yemen (AP) A Dutch couple freed after months in captivity in Yemen said they received good treatment from their abductors as they began their trip back home early Wednesday.
Dutch journalist Judith Spiegel and her partner Boudewijn Berendsen spoke to reporters at the Sanaa airport as they prepared to leave the country.
Spiegel didn't provide details about who was behind the abduction or the circumstances surrounding the kidnapping. She said she felt "a little unhappy to leave Yemen for this reason and so suddenly."
"We are very, very, very happy of course that finally this kidnap is over," she said. "We are doing very well, we were treated very well ... We were treated the Yemeni way, so that was very nice, from the not so nice kidnapping."
Spiegel, who works for the Dutch national broadcaster NOS and the newspaper NRC Handelsblad, thanked those who helped secure their release.