Sayyaf group kidnaps Sulu trader for second time since 2005 – police

From GMA News (Apr 20): Sayyaf group kidnaps Sulu trader for second time since 2005 – police

The terrorist Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) on Saturday kidnapped for the second time a coffee shop owner in Patikul town in Sulu province, the provincial police chief on Sunday said.

In an interview with reporters, Senior Supt. Antonio Freyra, Sulu provincial police chief, confirmed a certain Reynato Yanga, 53, a coffee shop owner in Brgy. Walled City in Patikul, has been kidnapped by the urban terrorist group.

Freyra noted this is not the first time Yanga was kidnapped. “Hindi naging cooperative [sa pulis], hindi tumulong mag-identify dun sa mga kidnaper noon, eh yun inulit sa kanya.”

Yanga was first abducted in March 2005.

“More or less 5:20 kaninang madaling-araw, malakas masyado ang ulan... dun sa isang coffee shop… na pag-aari nitong si Reynato Yanga, eh pinasok at kinuha siya ng limang armado,” Freyra noted. “Isinakay siya sa isang multicab.”

“KFR (kidnap-for-ransom) ‘yan pero hindi pa nag-aano [nagko-contact]. May mga suspect na ASG KFR (Abu Sayyaf Group kidnap-for-ransom),” the Sulu police chief added.

The multicab, which was used as a getaway vehicle of the perpetrators was later found in Brgy. Asturias of the same town.

The police, together with the Philippine Marines, were on a search operation on the victim and his kidnappers, Freyra said.

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