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SE Asia 6 years ago

Abu Sayyaf militant gunned down during search for Indonesian hostages

Philippine security forces gunned down an Abu Sayyaf militant believed to be involved in the kidnapping of five Indonesian fishermen off Lahad Datu, Malaysia last week.

SE Asia 6 years ago

Last Indonesian hostage rescued from Abu Sayyaf

The last remaining Indonesian fisherman held hostage by the notorious Abu Sayyaf militant group in the Sulu Sea region was rescued on Wednesday evening by the Philippine military, the Foreign Ministry said on Thursday.

SE Asia 6 years ago

Abducted Indonesians rescued from Abu Sayyaf

Indonesia has confirmed its two citizens have been rescued in the Philippines where they had been held hostage by the Abu Sayyaf group for 90 days.

SE Asia 6 years ago

Philippines rescues British man, wife held by jihadists

Troops recovered the pair after a firefight with gunmen from the Abu Sayyaf group on the restive southern island of Jolo, which is a stronghold of the kidnap-for-ransom gang that has been behind some of the worst attacks in the Philippines.

SE Asia 6 years ago

Ransom demand made for kidnapped Indonesian fishermen

Sabah Police Commissioner Omar Mammah said according to their Philippines counterparts, the kidnappers had made the call a few days after the Sept 23 incident.

World 6 years ago

Four Turkish nationals kidnapped in Nigeria: Police

Gunmen stormed a bar in the village of Gbale in the state of Kwara and seized the men on Saturday, national police spokesman Frank Mba told AFP.

City 6 years ago

Man held captive for failing to show up for job

A man was held captive last week after failing to show up for the job he had been paid for up front.

World 6 years ago

Mexico frees 25 mass kidnapping victims in Cancun

Authorities said the kidnappers arrived at the call center in two vans on Tuesday evening and abducted the victims en masse, apparently without the use of force.

SE Asia 6 years ago

IS-linked militants kidnap 10 fishermen off Borneo

The heavily armed assailants snatched the group of nomadic sea gypsies in the early hours as they sailed in two boats off eastern Sabah state, in the Malaysian part of Borneo.