A day after President Rodrigo Duterte vowed to "annihilate the Abu Sayyaf," suspected members of the kidnap-for-ransom group notorious for a spate of beheadings seized three persons in Sulu.
The heavily armed men believed to be members of the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) seized their victims in Barangay Timpook in Patikul town in Sulu, according to Major Felimon Tan Jr., spokesman of the Western Mindanao Command (Westmincom).
Tan said Shariff Julhasan Abirin, 30-year-old Levi Gonzales and his wife Daniella Taruc, 26, were taken around 10:20 a.m.
“The victims were onboard a black multicab from Jolo and were heading towards the cellsite of a telecom company located in Barangay Bagsak, Talipao when flagged down by armed men believed to be ASG. The trio was forcibly taken going to the direction of Sitio Kaban-Kaban,” Tan said.
The kidnappers "abandoned their vehicle on the road,” he added.
Tan said Levi Gonzales was a technician of the telco and his pregnant wife was just accompanying him.
Addressing government troops on Friday and Saturday, President Duterte had warned the ASG there will be a day of reckoning "for all of the cruel and brutal things that you are doing."
Duterte added, openly addressing the ASG, "We will collect someday. Just wait, because we are assembling our troops."
http://interaksyon.com/article/131203/asg-strikes-again-seizes-3-people-in-sulu
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