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(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday (February 28) expressed his apologies to the German government and to the whole German nation a day after the confimation on the beheading of one of its nationals, Jurgen Kantner, by the terrorist group, Abu Sayyaf. At the same time, he reiterated the Philippine government’s policy not to give in to the ransom demands of the terrorist group who claims to be linked to the Islamic […]
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — Islamic militants in the southern Philippines beheaded an elderly German yachtsman on Sunday after their ransom demands were not met, authorities said Monday. The murder of Jurgen Kantner was the latest attributed to the Abu Sayyaf, a kidnap-for-ransom gang that is believed to have earned millions of dollars through its grisly business since the 1990s. Here are five questions and answers about kidnappings in the southern Philippines: – Who is […]
Manila, Philippines (AFP) — Islamic militants in the Philippines have beheaded a 70-year-old German hostage they were holding for ransom, Manila officials said Monday, as Berlin condemned the murder as “unscrupulous and inhumane.” The Abu Sayyaf group, blamed for the worst terror attacks in Philippine history, had demanded that a ransom of P30 million ($600,000) be paid by Sunday to spare Jurgen Kantner. After the expiration of the deadline, the jihadists, who were monitored […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (January 18) – In one of the recent speeches given by President Rodrigo Duterte, he addressed the rampant kidnapping plaguing the country by saying that he will put a stop to it by blasting the perpetrators – even if they have hostages. Yes, it suddenly went a turn to the unreal. Is the President serious? Or he is again making one of his infamous jokes? In his speech, President Duterte ordered the blasting […]
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — Four crew from a Philippine-flagged fishing vessel have been snatched in waters off the country’s south where Abu Sayyaf Islamic militants have previously taken hostages, the military said Wednesday. A sister vessel found the unmanned FB Ramona 2 in the Celebes Sea early Tuesday, two hours after the crew of both vessels made their last radio contact, regional military spokesman Major Filemon Tan said. Tan told reporters that seamen from the […]
MANILA, Philippines | AFP | — Terrorist groups are planning kidnappings on central Philippine islands that are popular with tourists, the US embassy has warned, fuelling concerns Islamic militants infamous for hostage taking are roaming wider. A travel advisory from the US embassy in Manila on Thursday warned Americans to avoid the southern regions of Cebu island, one of the nation’s most popular tourist sites because of its idyllic beaches, spectacular diving and whale […]
INDANAN, Philippines (AFP) — A Norwegian former hostage on Sunday described his psychological torture as he heard his friends being beheaded by Islamic militants during a year-long captivity in the southern Philippines. A heavily bearded and gaunt Kjartan Sekkingstad, who was released on Saturday by the feared Abu Sayyaf group, also said he narrowly survived military attacks against his captors, with a bullet piercing his backpack. “Basically, I’ve been treated like a slave, carrying their stuff […]
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) — Jakarta banned Friday any Indonesian-flagged vessels from sailing to the Philippines, the transport ministry said, after yet another violent kidnapping in the strife-torn waters between the two nations. The ruling was issued after the government confirmed seven Indonesian sailors were kidnapped at gunpoint earlier this week, and were being held hostage by an unknown group. It’s the third time this year Indonesian sailors have been abducted in the Sulu sea, a […]
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 […]
ZAMBOANGA, Philippines (AFP) — Ten Indonesian sailors abducted by Abu Sayyaf Islamic militants were freed in the southern Philippines on Sunday after five weeks in captivity, Philippine police said. Unknown men delivered the 10 tugboat crewmen to the home of provincial governor Abdusakur Tan Jnr on the remote island of Jolo during a heavy midday downpour, Jolo police chief Junpikar Sitin told AFP by telephone. “The report (of their release) is confirmed. They were there. I […]
JAKARTA , Indonesia (AFP) — Indonesia hopes next week to secure an agreement with Malaysia and the Philippines on conducting joint military patrols on the high seas where Islamic militants have been on a kidnapping spree, an official said Thursday. The plight of hostages held by the Abu Sayyaf militant group could also be on the agenda when the foreign ministers and military commanders of the three neighbours meet next Thursday in Jakarta for talks. […]
