Suspected Abu Sayyaf gunmen abducted a public school teacher
on Tuesday while one her way to work in the town of Patikul
in the southern province of Sulu in the Muslim autonomous region in Mindanao , police said.
It said Edrina Manalas Bonsil, who teaches at the Tuup
Elementary School, was travelling on a jeep when 5 gunmen flagged down the
vehicle in Kanague village and forcibly dragged her out and taken by the gang.
No individual claimed responsibility for the abduction, but
police said the Abu Sayyaf may be behind it.
There was no immediate statement from the Department of
Education in the autonomous region, but the military said the operation against
the Abu Sayyaf is continuing in Sulu, one of 5 provinces under Muslim region,
where the jihadist group is still holding over a dozen foreign hostages
kidnapped off Sabah .
Just last month, Abu Sayyaf militants also seized 3 people,
including a pregnant woman, on a village in Patikul town. The victims Shariff
Julhasan Abirin, Levi Gonzales and his pregnant wife Daniela Taruc, were
onboard a multi-cab when gunmen flagged down the vehicle on the village of Timpook
The gunmen threatened to behead Gonzales – who works as a
technician for Globe Telecom – if their demand for P1 million ransoms is not paid
by the company. His wife was only accompanying him when gunmen seized
them. There was no immediate statement from the telecom giant,
but it is unlikely to pay ransom to the Abu Sayyaf for Gonzales’ life.
President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered troops last week to
intensify their anti-terrorism campaign, including operations against the Abu
Sayyaf which is still holding more than a dozen mostly Asian hostages in the
restive Muslim region.
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