A teenage girl with chain around her right hand and right
foot was found walking aimlessly by Army soldiers outside the headquarters of
the 32nd Infantry Battalion (IB) in Barangay Pansul, Patikul, Sulu, Thursday
night, the military said.
In a phone interview, Col. Alan Arrojado, commander of Joint
Task Force Sulu (JTFS) of the Philippine Army, said the girl, about 15-18 years
old, was believed to have been kidnapped by Abu Sayyaf terrorists in far-away Palawan province and was brought to Sulu before she was
released.
“The girl, wearing dirty clothes and her hair in shambles,
just kept on talking in Tagalog, but did not give her name when asked,”
Arrojado said. “It was pathetic to see her.”
“Our troops gave her food and water before she was brought
to the Busbus Station Hospital
“We are giving her enough time to rest and think before we
will ask again about her name and the circumstances on what happened to her.
She is still shocked,” Arrojado said.
Soldiers found the girl near their camp at about 7:15 p.m.
Thursday.
Ist Lt. C. Ibarra, commanding officer of Alpha Company of
JTFS, contacted the barangay chairman of Pansul about the identity of the
teenage girl but no one knew her.
Arrojado also said he is coordinating with other law
enforcement agencies in Sulu and nearby islands “to help in determining the
real identity of the girl who appears to be physically and mentally
distressed.”
He said they will continue to exert all efforts to identify
the girl and bring her back to her parents.
The island
of Sulu
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