Wednesday, February 5, 2020

Gunmen seize physician in Jolo

From the Philippine News Agency (Feb 5, 2020): Gunmen seize physician in Jolo (By Teofilo Garcia, Jr. and Ely Dumaboc)



ABDUCTED. Gunmen believed to be Abu Sayyaf Group bandits seized Dr. Daniel Moreno in his clinic in Walled City, Jolo, Sulu late Tuesday (Feb. 4, 2020). A friend described Moreno as someone who turned his back from a lucrative practice in America to serve his hometown. (Photo lifted from Ronda del Basilan Facebook page)

Gunmen believed to be Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) bandits abducted a physician in the province of Sulu on Tuesday, a military official said.

Maj. Arvin John Encinas, Western Mindanao Command (Westmincom) spokesperson, said Wednesday that Dr. Daniel Moreno, who owns a clinic in Jolo, was abducted in Barangay Walled City, Jolo, capital of Sulu, at about 7:15 p.m.

Encinas said Moreno's abductors were clad in military and police uniforms, who forced the physician to board a Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV) that fled to an unknown direction.


Authorities received information that the SUV was seen along Km. 3 traveling to the outskirts of Jolo, he said, adding that troops were tracking down the whereabouts of the physician.

A Facebook post on Tuesday by Moreno's friend, Armand Dean Nocum, described the physician as someone who "turned his back on a lucrative medical profession and comfortable life in America" to put up a hospital in his hometown to address the lack of medical care in Jolo.

https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1092942

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