Friday, October 2, 2015

Samal kidnap victims moved again, with other foreign hostages in Indanan, Sulu - intelligence report

From InterAksyon (Oct 3): Samal kidnap victims moved again, with other foreign hostages in Indanan, Sulu - intelligence report



 
The three foreigners and Filipina abducted from a resort on Samal Island on September 21 have been moved to an area in Indanan town, Sulu where other foreign hostages are being held, and are guarded by even more Abu Sayyaf gunmen, police intelligence said.

An intelligence report InterAksyon.com was shown said “the four kidnap victims from Davao del Norte were sighted being kept by their captors (in the area of) Tubig Maul, Barangay Sawaki, Indanan,” early Thursday afternoon, October 1.

It is the same area, the report said, where the Abu Sayyaf have been holding Malaysians Bernard Ghen Ted Fen and Thien Nyuk Fun, who were snatched from a restaurant in Sandakan, Sabah in May this year, and Korean Hong Nwi-seong, taken from the town of Roseller T. Lim in Zamboanga Sibugay in January.

The hostages, said the report, are guarded by around 200 Abu Sayyaf fighters led by Yasser Igasan, Angah Adji, Alhabsy Misaya, Furuji Indama, Idang Susukan and Raden Abu while 100 more gunmen, led by sub-leaders Mohammad Said, Marajan Hajiri and Aldren Bagade and armed with heavy weaponry including a recoilless rifle, “were seen scattered in (advantageous) location(s)” along a road leading to the area.

The move to Indanan came just a few days after Norwegian Kjartan Sekkingstad, Canadians John Ridsdel and Robert Hall, and Hall's Filipino partner Marites Flor were spotted in the adjacent town of Parang on September 26, where the military confirmed an outrigger canoe powered by twin engines was found on the same day.

Intelligence sources also indicated that the Samal hostages were taken straight to Sulu after they were seized from the Holiday Ocean View Samal Resort, arriving in Patikul town past noon of September 22.

http://www.interaksyon.com/article/118372/samal-kidnap-victims-moved-again-with-other-foreign-hostages-in-indanan-sulu---intelligence-report

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