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| Abu Sayyaf kidnaps restaurant owner in Jolo |
| 2005-04-12 |
| Four suspected members of the al-Qaeda-linked Abu Sayyaf Muslim extremist group kidnapped a Christian restaurant owner in the southern island of Jolo on Sunday, police said. Four men wielding assault rifles burst into the Top Spot restaurant in Jolo town before dawn and seized the owner, Renato Yanga, 44, forcing him into a van and then fleeing, Inspector Abdulmutalib Hamid Hadjula, deputy police chief, said. The victim's wife, Annie, said she did not think her husband had any enemies, adding that there had been no ransom demand yet. Military intelligence sources said the kidnappers are believed to be led by Abu Solomon Isah, a member of the Abu Sayyaf group which is feared for kidnapping Christians and foreigners in the southern Philippines for over a decade. The victim is a first cousin of Sr. Supt. Mario Yanga, police chief of the nearby southern city of Zamboanga, where many Abu Sayyaf members have been arrested. Police chief Yanga has been informed of the kidnapping, Hadjula said. Military checkpoints have been established around the area where the kidnappers are believed to have fled, added Hadjula. |
| Posted by:Dan Darling |
| #1 Two words: soggy lumpia. Maintaining standards can be such a bother, but someone has to do it. |
| Posted by: .com 2005-04-12 6:09:22 AM |