2 wheelers on the take....
Arjen Hilbers, one of 14 Europeans released in Mali this week after being held captive by Algerian militants in the desert, said he and his traveling companions were in dunes looking for a place to sleep when a column of motorcycles and some cars drew up.
"To our incredible shock, we saw armed men on motorbikes... My companion said: 'Those are holy warriors -- they've all got beards' and I realized this was no ordinary hold-up," he said.
The tourists were made to put their belongings in the militants' cars and then to drive off on their own motorbikes, each with a kidnapper on the back, Hilbers told a news conference.
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