(Eagle News) — Five suspected Abu Sayyaf members abducted a teacher in Sulu on Thursday.
The Western Mindanao Command said Marjorie Abdul, head teacher at Liang Elementary School, was sitting in her office in Barangay Liang, Patikul when the suspects barged inside and took her hostage at 9:30 a.m.
Wesmincom said it was “exhausting all efforts and means to track down the captors and rescue the hostage..,” as it condemned the kidnapping and all “kidnapping ploys employed by lawless groups in the province.”
“Lateral coordination with the police and the provincial government was established to intensify all pursuit operations, identify the perpetrators, and trace their hideouts. As we speak, all intelligence resources are being utilized to obtain further information and pursuit operations are currently being launched by all operating units under the Joint Task Force Sulu,” Wesmincom said.
