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Abu Sayyaf releases captive teacher in Sulu
[PhilStar] Abu Sayyaf gunmen before dawn on Tuesday released a school teacher they had seized in Sulu over the weekend.Government official Rasol Mitmug, Jr. said at noon Tuesday that high school teacher Shariff Benjamin Asamli Ubaid is now with his family after three days of captivity. He said, "I received information from provincial education officials in Sulu that the kidnapped teacher has been released." Ubaid reportedly told investigators that his abductors were members of an Abu Sayyaf group holding out in Patikul. Police spokesman Graciano Mijares said the victim was abducted Saturday afternoon in Barangay Latih in Patikul near Jolo, capital town of Sulu province. “He was flagged down by armed men while on his way to a bakery there, blindfolded and brought somewhere else. One of his abductors called his relative using his mobile phone to ask for ransom,” Mijares said. The Sulu provincial police and units of the Western Mindanao Command launched a search for Ubaid on Monday when his family reported the abduction. His family is rumored to have paid a ransom of P200,000 for his release. Mijares said investigators are still validating the alleged payment of ransom to the kidnappers. He said, "The government doesn’t allow that. We are to verify that yet," he said. Posted by: ryuge 2018-09-30 |
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