Malacañang on Tuesday confirmed an ongoing police operation
to hunt down the abductors of two foreigners and a Filipino from a resort in Samal Island ,
near Davao City .
“Merong ulat ang Police Regional Office 11 ng Philippine
National Police, na bago maghating-gabi kagabi (Monday) ay nagkaroon ng
abduction ng dalawang foreign nationals at isang Pilipino, na naganap sa isang
resort sa Samal Island sa Davao del Norte. Sa kasalukuyan ay tinutugis na ng
anti-kidnapping group ng PNP ang mga pinaghihinalaan,” Communication Secretary
Herminio Coloma, Jr. told reporters during a press briefing in Malacañang.
Coloma noted that the police are coordinating with the
Eastern Mindanao Command of the Armed Forces of the Philippines and other concerned
agencies.
He also said that President Benigno S. Aquino III was
monitoring the kidnapping incident, “dahil talaga namang sinusubaybayan niya
ang mga mahahalagang kaganapan sa bansa.”
According to news reports, unidentified gunmen took the
victims from the Oceanview Resort in Samal
Island on Monday night, and fled
toward the direction of Pantukan in Compostela
Valley aboard two
motorized bancas.
Two bancas, believed to be those used by the kidnappers,
were found at the shores of Governor Generoso in Davao Oriental on Tuesday morning.
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