Abu Sayyaf hostage drowns in escape bid, 2 survived
Members of Philippine coast guard anti-terrorism unit during a ceremony at the coast guard headquarters in Manila. Its military spokesman said Abu Sayyaf has been targeting Malaysian and Indonesian fishermen. – AFP file pic, April 6, 2019
AN Indonesian fisherman held hostage for four months by Islamic militants in the Philippines has drowned, a military spokesman today said, while two other captured men have been rescued. The men had been held on a remote island in a standoff for nearly six weeks after Filipino troops blockaded the island in a bid to close in on the kidnappers. The men were seized from their fishing boat in early December last year.
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