SA'ADA, June 17 -- Wahabi religious groups were involved in the kidnapping of the nine foreigners in Sa'ada last Friday, which led to three of them being found dead on Monday, according to a local source from Sa'ada who requested to remain anonymous.

The group had been on an outing on a farm in Ghuraz on the outskirts of Sa'ada city on Friday. On their way home, their 4x4 Toyota was intercepted by three armed men with beards in a black Suzuki Grand Vitara.