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(Eagle News)– The Royal Norwegian Embassy on Thursday (September 22) announced Kjartan Sekkingstad had already left the Philippines and returned to Norway after days of medical treatment. “Mr. Sekkingstad has undergone medical examinations and has been well taken care of both in Manila and Davao. He has also been properly debriefed by relevant authorities in order to provide information that can aid in the rescue of other captives,” Ambassador Erik Forner said. Forner said Sekkingstad […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Messages of thanks are rolling in for the Philippine government and President Rodrigo Duterte after months of negotiation and weeks of fighting with Abu Sayyaf militants finally paid off last weekend. The first message of thanks came from Kjartan Sekkingstad, the Norwegian resort manager who spent nearly a year in captivity after he was nabbed along with three others from Samal Island last September.
INDANAN, Philippines (AFP) – A freed Norwegian hostage said he was “lucky to be alive” Sunday, after being kidnapped by Islamic militants and held in the southern Philippine jungle for more than a year. Kjartan Sekkingstad appeared gaunt and frail as he was handed over to a government envoy along with three Indonesian seamen who had been held captive with him. “I am so very happy and lucky to be alive,” Sekkingstad, heavily bearded […]
(Eagle News)– Malacañan clarified on Friday that the ransom paid in exchange for freedom of Norwegian national Kjartan Sekkingstad to Abu Sayyaf Group was not from the government. “I am not privy to that but I think it was also raised by third parties … Not from the government. Ransom not from the government,” presidential spokesperson Ernesto Abella explained after President Rodrigo Duterte revealed the transaction on Thursday. “If that’s the one [Sekkingstad], then I […]
(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 […]
