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QUEZON City, Philippines – The Abu Sayyaf Group abducted seven Indonesian nationals in Sulu Sea. This is confirmed by the Indonesian Foreign Ministry. This is the third time that the Abu Sayyaf Group abducted Indonesian nationals and that it will not let the group get away with the abduction. Indonesia called for the neighboring nations to act together to maintain peace in the region. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing and […]
JOLO, Philippines (AFP) — A Filipina held hostage by a notorious kidnapping-for-ransom gang in the strife-torn southern Philippines was released from captivity Friday, police said, a week after her Canadian boyfriend was beheaded by the gunmen. Marites Flor was among four people abducted nine months ago by Abu Sayyaf Islamic militants based on remote and mountainous southern islands that have earned millions of dollars from kidnappings in recent years. Flor’s partner, Robert Hall, was murdered […]
QUEZON City, Philippines – Malacañang confirmed that the Abu Sayyaf was the one responsible for beheading Canadian Robert Hall. Malacañang extended its condolences to Hall’s family and condemned Abu Sayyaf’s act. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Jericho Morales, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)
OTTAWA, Canada (AFP) — The Abu Sayyaf was on Monday accused of murdering a Canadian hostage abducted nearly nine months ago, the latest in a long line of atrocities by the Islamic militant group based in the southern Philippines. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said he had “compelling reasons to believe” that Robert Hall had been murdered. Hall would be the second Canadian killed this year by the Abu Sayyaf, which has terrorised the region […]
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — The Abu Sayyaf was on Monday accused of murdering a Canadian hostage abducted nearly nine months ago, the latest in a long line of atrocities by the Islamic militant group based in the southern Philippines. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said he had “compelling reasons to believe” that Robert Hall had been murdered. Hall would be the second Canadian killed this year by the Abu Sayyaf, which has terrorised the region with […]
(Eagle News) — Pinalaya na ng bandidong Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) ang Filipino-Chinese sa Zamboanga City na dinukot ng naturang grupo noong Marso. Kinilala ng militar ang biktima na si Rian Tan Nuñez, 21. Matatandaang dinukot si Nuñez at ang lolo nitong si Antonio Tan, isang negosyante, sa Lapuyan Zamboanga del Sur noong Marso 23 sa pangunguna ng ASG sub-leader na si Alhabsy Misaya. Napag-alamang dinala sa Sulu ang mga biktima ngunit nagkahiwalay at hindi na […]
QUEZON City, Philippines – The Abu Sayyaf set a new deadline for the delivery of the new ransom in exchange for the freedom of the groups two remaining foreign captives. In a video released by the Abu Sayyaf, the two foreigners were asking for the prompt delivery of the ransom as one of them will die if the deadline is not followed. The Abu Sayyaf is asking for Php 600 million in exchange for the […]
MANILA , Philippines (AFP) — Islamist extremists in the Philippines who last month beheaded a Canadian man say they will kill another Western hostage if a multi-million dollar ransom is not paid within four weeks. A video released by Abu Sayyaf — whose leaders have sworn allegiance to the Islamic State group — shows Canadian Robert Hall and Norwegian Kjartan Sekkingstad wearing orange shirts in a jungle setting, surrounded by hooded, armed men. The men […]
JAKARTA, Indonesia — Indonesia’s President Joko Widodo on Wednesday, May 11 said that the four Indonesian sailors who had been held hostage in the southern Philippines have been released. “The release happened because of coordination between the governments of Indonesia and the Philippines,” Widodo told reporters at the presidential palace in Central Jakarta, adding that the four sailors were in good health. Ten other Indonesian hostages held by groups with suspected links to militant network […]
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) — Four Indonesian sailors kidnapped by suspected Islamic militants in the strife-torn southern Philippines were released Wednesday, the second group of Indonesian hostages to be freed this month. Gunmen abducted the sailors on the high seas off the east coast of Malaysia’s Sabah state on April 15, shooting and wounding another crew member. Philippine Islamist group Abu Sayyaf was suspected of having carried out the kidnapping, the latest in a recent spree of […]
QUEZON City, Philippines – Various groups are appealing the government to exert all efforts to rescue its three remaining captives of the Abu Sayyaf after it released another video showing the three remaining hostages pleading the government to pay the ransom. The Abu Sayyaf threatened to behead the three if no ransom is delivered. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Jericho Morales, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)
(Reuters) Islamist militants in the southern Philippines released a video that purports to show three hostages pleading for help and a masked militant vowing to behead them if the group’s demands are not met. “I’m appealing to Canadian government, the Filipino government, friends, family, anybody who can possibly help us. If the demand is not met, we will be executed like our friend John was a few days ago.” the hostage who identified himself as […]
