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by Aminu Abubakar Agence France-Presse KANO, Nigeria (AFP) – A man involved in the 2014 kidnapping of more than 200 schoolgirls from Chibok in northeast Nigeria has been jailed for 15 years, the government confirmed on Tuesday. The conviction of Haruna Yahaya, 35, is the first in relation to the mass abduction, which triggered global outrage and sparked a worldwide campaign for the girls’ release. A total of 276 students were seized from the Government Girls Secondary […]
ZIGUINCHOR, Senegal, Africa (AFP) — A group of Spanish tourists were robbed and raped in Senegal’s restive Casamance region by armed men, a security source and state media said on Friday. The tourists’ vehicle was stopped near the village of Karonge, around 60 kilometres (37 miles) from the regional capital Ziguinchor, a security source told AFP. “There were four Spanish tourists. A man and three women were being driven by a Senegalese driver. They were […]
(Eagle News) — Authorities on Wednesday arrested three Chinese nationals for allegedly abducting and detaining a Taiwanese national against her will after she failed to pay her P100,000 debt to a casino financier. Cai Xing Bao, Tia Xao Lin, and Zhao Xu were arrested in a condotel in Baclaran, Parañaque, following a tip to the police by the Taiwanese Economic Cultural Office. The victim’s kin had earlier sought the help of TECO. The three Chinese are facing charges […]
Says PNP claim based on “unverified reports” (Eagle News) — The National Bureau of Investigation on Tuesday said it was contemplating filing charges against the Philippine National Police for announcing the alleged involvement of three NBI agents in a kidnapping scheme even if the information was “unverified.” In a statement, NBI director Dante Gierran said based on a report from the NBI regional director and acting assistant regional director of the NBI-Central Luzon Regional Office, which […]
(Eagle News) — A municipal councilor of Jolo has been kidnapped by members of the Abu Sayyaf, the military said on Wednesday. A report said the abduction of a certain Zed Tan was carried out around 6 p.m. on Sept. 17, at the boundary of Barangays Timbangan and Tagbak in Indanan, Sulu. The military said the abductors, an undetermined number of ASG members, were riding a red vehicle. After forcibly taking Tan, they proceeded in […]
A Vietnamese sailor being held hostage by the Abu Sayyaf in Sulu was killed during a gunbattle between the militants and troops, a military official said Thursday. Van Viet Tran was found dead on Saturday following the clash with members of the kidnapping group in the strife-torn island group, Brigadier General Cirilito Sobejana said. A soldier was also killed and 15 other troops wounded while the Abu Sayyaf suffered undetermined casualties, said Sobejana who heads a […]
ZAMBOANGA, Philippines (AFP) — Government troops have rescued a Vietnamese sailor held hostage for seven months by members of the Abu Sayyaf group in the country’s south, the military said Saturday. Hoang Vo, 28, was rescued by troops on Friday after an air strike and artillery fire on an Abu Sayyaf camp in the island of Basilan dispersed the kidnappers, regional military spokesperson Captain Jo-Ann Petinglay said. She said the sailor was being treated for an […]
SINTANGKAI, Tawi-tawi (Eagle News) – Hindi na nakakuhang tumakas ng isang miyembro ng Abu Sayyaf matapos itong akusahang miyembro ng grupong bandido ng kaniyang kapitbahay sa Tawi-tawi. Sinabi ni Capt. Joan Petinglay, tagapagsalita ng Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao Forces, Western Mindanao Command (Wesmincom), na umamin si Sahidul Jikiri, na inaresto kamakailan sa Sintangkai, na kasama siyang nagpaplano sa kidnapping at cross border sea highjacking ng mga foreign national vessel. Nasa ilalim diumano siya sa pamumuno ni […]
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — Terrorists are planning to kidnap foreigners on a Philippine island popular with tourists, the United States embassy has warned, a month after a foiled abduction attempt by Islamic militants at another tourism hotspot. An advisory from the US embassy in Manila on Tuesday warned Americans to “carefully consider” going to Palawan, naming a World Heritage-listed underground river as one area of specific concern. “The US Embassy has received credible information that […]
(Eagle News) — Arestado ang apat na miyembro ng Kidnap for Ransom group na nambibiktima ng mga Indian National sa Nueva Ecija at iba pang probinsya sa Luzon. Ang dalawang leader ng grupo na pawang mga Indian National din ay dati na raw nakulong dahil sa iba pang kaso ng kidnapping.
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — Three Malaysian seamen kidnapped eight months ago by Muslim extremists have been found safe in the strife-torn southern Philippines, the country’s military chief said on Monday. Troops found the three before midnight Sunday in a mountainous area of Jolo island after they were abandoned by their Abu Sayyaf captors, General Eduardo Ano said. Mohammad Jumadil Rahim, Mohammad Ridzuan Bin Ismail and Fandy Bin Bakran were taken to a military hospital […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippine National Police has announced the rescue of Francis Maulion who had been kidnapped in November last year. In a press conference on Monday, PNP Chief Director General Ronald Dela Rosa said the businessman had been abducted by several armed men from his poultry farm in Barangay Manguring, in Calabanga, Camarines Sur. Dela Rosa also presented to the media five men who he said were Maulion’s abductors. The police chief returned […]
