Kidnappers of Qatari hunters "have one demand" in exchange for releasing the 26 others

Shafaq News / The armed group that kidnapped Qatari hunters demanded on Wednesday, Saudi Arabia to release the opponent sentenced to death , Sheikh Nimr

Baqir al-Nimr as a condition for the release of 26 Qatari hunters, including Emir of Qatar.

According to a report published by "Erem" United Arab Emirates Website " armed Shiite group had kidnapped the Saudi-Qatari hunters as Saudi Arabia demanded to release Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr as a condition for the release of the hunters."

The sources added that " a Qatari Prince is among the abductees , Fahd Jassem al-Thani," noting that the kidnappers did not declare their association with an Iraqi political party.

The Iraqi Interior Ministry said in a statement that the Qatari kidnapped hunters in the desert of Samawa province have moved in vast desert areas and did not abide by the instructions of the ministry not to pass the locked areas, indicating that the abduction of hunters aimed at "insulting" the reputation of Iraq and hint that southern Iraq are unsafe areas.

The Saudi court has sentenced to death Sheikh Nimr last year on charges of "going out on obedience to the ruler (king of Saudi Arabia)", as the rule has raised a wave of indignation and condemnation in different parts of the world.

Nimr had been arrested in July 2012, one of the charges against him was, "inciting sectarian strife and being opponent to the ruler as well as the formation of a terrorist cell" to kill security men in Awwamiya town in Qatif province (eastern Saudi Arabia(

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