Tuesday, March 17, 2015

Abu Sayyaf shuffling captives in face of Sulu offensive

From InterAksyon (Mar 17): Abu Sayyaf shuffling captives in face of Sulu offensive



Abu Sayyaf commander Raddluan Sahiron

Abu Sayyaf fighters targeted by a military offensive in Sulu have taken to moving their hostages to other bands to keep the captives from being caught in the crossfire, a well-placed source in the intelligence community said Tuesday.

“They are moving around their hostages to avoid (their) getting caught in the middle of the military offensive that’s been on going now in Sulu for several months now,” the intelligence source, who insists on being identified only by the code “Pokemon,”  said.

Citing information he said was relayed by an informant within the Abu Sayyaf, Pokemon said the latest hostage to be moved was a South Korean snatched in Zamboanga Sibugay province in January this year.

“The Korean was moved by the group of Radullan Sahiron based in Patikul, Sulu to the group of Edang Susukan which is based in Talipao Sulu,” the source said

He could not immediately recall the Korean’s name but records show that Korean businessman Noui Hong Sung, 73, was abducted from his home in Barangay Mabuhay in R.T. Lim town by at least five armed men.

Pokemon pointed out that the military offensive is mainly concentrated in Patikul, where Sahiron is based, and Indanan, where another Abu Sayyaf commander, Alhabsi Misaya, operates.

Police have identified two of Noui’s kidnappers as Abral Abdulsalam and Munib Enriques, alleged members of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front who belong to the group of Waning Abdulsalam, which authorities have tagged to a series of kidnappings in Zamboanga Sibugay.

After snatching the Korean, they allegedly passed on the hostage to Sahiron in Patikul.

Since the release of two German hostages last October, the military has been in pursuit of the Abu Sayyaf in Sulu.

http://www.interaksyon.com/article/107103/abu-sayyaf-shuffling-captives-in-face-of-sulu-offensive

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