An Indonesian, one of seven crew members of a tugboat who
were abducted by suspected members of the Abu Sayyaf last June, escaped from
his captors Wednesday morning.
This was confirmed by Western Mindanao Command spokesperson
Maj. Filemon Tan.
Mohammad Safyan, a crew member of the tugboat M/T Charles,
was rescued by local residents at about 7:30 a.m. at the shoreline of Barangay
Bual, Luuk town in Sulu. He was immediately brought by the residents to the
municipal police station.
Reports from ground units disclosed that 28-year-old Safyan
escaped from his kidnappers at the mangrove areas of Barangays Bual and
Bato-Itum, both in Luuk, after the bandits threatened to behead him.
Sayfan was seen by residents trapped in the fishnets in the
area.
The Indonesian will be brought to the Sulu provincial police
office for processing and documentation before he is turned over to his family.
According to reports, the M/T Charles was traversing
Indonesian waters near the country’s border with the Philippines
Troops of the Joint Task Force Sulu were directed to scour
the area and use all available assets to rescue the remaining victims.
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