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Release delayed

Thursday 05 August 1993 23:02 BST
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The release of six Western tourists abducted last month by Turkish Kurdish rebels has been postponed for security reasons, intermediaries said yesterday, AP reports from Ankara. Four French tourists, a Briton and an Australian were kidnapped in south-eastern Turkey by guerrillas of the Kurdistan Workers' Party fighting for self-rule in the area bordering Iran, Iraq and Syria.

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