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 […]





