THE SPECIAL Investigation Task Group “Ocean view” is asking
for more time to review the video clip uploaded on
YouTube showing the four kidnap victims from Samal Island
Regional police spokesperson, Supt. Antonio Rivera, said
that for now, they still could not identity the group based on the clues on the
video clip.
“They haven’t given us the results yet because there are so
many details that need to be studied,” he said. “It’s likely that it will take
some time.”
He said there are so many angles that needed to be
considered before establishing the identity of the group. Previous theories
alleged that the armed men who kidnapped the three foreigners and Filipina are
allied with the Abu Sayyaf Group.
The clip, however, showed the obvious markings of the
fundamentalist, ISIS.
The 2:22-minute clip was uploaded on the video sharing site
on Tuesday, Oct. 13. The clip shows three foreigners and a Filipina held by
armed men. There were eight fully armed men surrounding the victims with the
recognizable black ISIS flag flying behind
them.
“My name is Robert Hall,” the emaciated foreigner says to
the camera. “To my family and friends, I’m okay but I’m in grave danger. I
encourage you please to contact the Canadian government, ask them, plead with
them to cooperate with the Philippine government to stop the bombings and
operations that are going on here.”
”I know that there are people that can find a way to these,”
he adds. “Please help us.”
“To the owner of Ocean View Marina please heed their demands
or else we’ll be possibly dead,” Norweigian Kjartan Sekkingstad begs.
“My name is John Ridsdel, I confirm that we were taken
captive from the Ocean View Marina in Davao
“We urge the Canadian government to please, please help us
and the Philippine government by stopping all of the operations that has been
going on like bombs … military operations. Please stop so that the negotiations
can start about their demands,” he says.
A masked man addresses the camera as he says, ”I deliver the
message to the Canadian and Philippine government. We want your cooperation
with us and to meet all the requirements.”
“Number one there must be no military operation and there
must be no artillery attack … against us. Once you meet our requirements then
we can talk about (the) negotiation and demand.”
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