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 […]
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Armed man killed by police after storming German cinema
FRANCFORT, Germany (AFP) — A masked and armed man barricaded himself in a German multiplex cinema with dozens of people inside Thursday before being killed by police, officials said. No hostages were injured in the complex in the western town of Viernheim, 75 kilometres (50 miles) south of Frankfurt, Hesse state interior minister Peter Beuth said. “The assailant moved through the cinema complex, according to the information we have now, and appeared confused,” he said. […]
Huwag ibigay ang hinihinging ransom – AFP
(Eagle News) — Patuloy na hinimok ng Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) ang gobyernong nakasasakop sa mga nalalabing hostage ng bandidong Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) na huwag pagbigyan ang hinihinging ransom ng rebeldeng grupo kapalit ng kalayaan ng kanilang hostages. Sa kabila ito ng kamakailan lamang na pagpatay sa isa sa mga dayuhang bihag ng ASG. Matatandaang pinugutan ng ulo ng rebeldeng grupo ang Canadian na si John Ridsdel, isa sa apat na binihag ng […]
Family of Jordan pilot held by Islamic State hopeful he is alive
Friends and family members of a Jordanian pilot being held by Islamic State said on Friday (January 30) they believe he is still alive. They gathered in capital Amman, seeking information about his fate, a day after the deadline passed for the release of an Iraqi prisoner in Jordan. An audio message purportedly from a Japanese journalist also captured by the insurgents said the pilot would be killed “immediately” unless Jordan released Sajida al-Rishawi, who […]
Islamic State executes soldiers, takes hostages at Syria base: social media
(Reuters) – Islamic State militants have executed Syrian army soldiers and are holding a group hostage after capturing an air base in northeast Syria at the weekend, pictures posted on social media by supporters showed on Wednesday. Islamic State, an offshoot of al Qaeda, stormed Tabqa air base near Raqqa city on Sunday after days of fighting with the army that cost more than 500 lives, according to monitoring group the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. Tabqa […]
