Philippine troops rescue two Malaysians kidnapped by militants
Philippine navy troops on March 23 successfully rescued two Malaysians held hostage by Islamic State-linked Abu Sayyaf militant group for eight months in the waters off the southern Philippines.
Hanoi (VNA)– Philippine navy troops on March 23 successfully rescued two Malaysians heldhostage by Islamic State-linked Abu Sayyaf militant group for eight months in thewaters off the southern Philippines.
Major General CarlitoGalvez Jr., Commander of the Western Mindanao Command, said in a statement thatthe Malaysians, Tayudin Anjut and Abdurahim bin Sumas, were rescued off PataIsland in southern Sulu province.
The country’s marinetroops were sent to the area after the military received information that theAbu Sayyaf leader Alhabsy Misaya was hiding in the mangroves with about 30other bandit members, he said.
The two hostages were“in a sickly state” when they were rescued, Galvez said, adding that militarydoctors are now attending to them at the Sulu hospital.
They were among fiveMalaysian crewmen of Tugboat Serudung 3 kidnapped by Abu Sayyaf on July 19,2016, off the Malaysian state of Sabah. They were reported missing after theirboat and barge were found without crew members.
The military said theAbu Sayyaf group is still holding more than foreign and Philippine kidnappedvictims in Sulu, their bailiwick.
Philippine PresidentRodrigo Duterte has ordered the military to crush the 500-gunmen groupnotorious for criminal and terror activities in remote areas of Sulu andBasilan provinces in the southern Philippines.-VNA
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Philippine troops (Source: AFP/VNA)
