One of the seven Indonesian sailors the Abu Sayyaf Group
(ASG) seized almost two months ago off the Philippine coast escaped execution
and dashed to freedom early Wednesday in Sulu.
Maj. Filemon Tan Jr., Western Mindanao Command (Westmincom)
spokesperson, said Mohammad Sofyan, 28, escaped around 7:30 a.m. in Luuk, Sulu.
Tan said Sofyan managed to escape while being taken by the
Abu Sayyaf bandits to the mangrove area in the boundary of Barangays Bual and
Bato-Itum, Luuk, “when his captors declared that they will behead him.”
Tan said the residents in the area have safely recovered
Sofyan who was trapped in a fishnet and floating in the shore of Barangay Bual
He said the residents immediately brought Sofyan to the
Municipal Police Station of Luuk and was later taken to the Sulu Provincial
Police Office for processing and other documentation prior to eventual turnover
to his family.
Soyfan, a crew member of the Tugboat Charles, was abducted
off the high seas near the Philippine border last June 23, along with six other
crew members of the tugboat.
The other crew members who are still in the hands of the Abu
Sayyaf bandits are Ferry Arifin; Mohammd Mahbrur Dahri; Edi Suryono; Mohammad
Nasir; Robin Piter; and, Ismail.
The Tugboat towing a barge called Robby 152 was en route to Indonesia from the Philippines
Tan said that the troops of the Joint Task Force Sulu were
directed to scour the area and used all available assets to possibly locate the
remaining kidnap victims and conduct operations to rescue them.
http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=2&sid=&nid=2&rid=914625
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