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| Ransom demanded for kidnapped Australian in Philippines | |
| 2012-01-02 | |
| Phillipine police say suspected Muslim militants have demanded ransom for the release of a kidnapped Australian and have sent proof he is alive. Police Senior Superintendent Ruben Cariaga said the kidnappers mailed four pictures of 53-year-old Warren Richard Rodwell to his Filipino wife before Christmas and called her to demand an initial ransom of $23,000. Rodwell was abducted by six gunmen on December 5 in southern Zamboanga Sibugay province by armed men who fled in speedboats. Bloodstains were found at the house from which he was taken. Police say that Rodwell's wife, with whom he runs a store in the seaside town of Ipil on Mindanao, said she can't raise the ransom. Muslim rebels in talks with the government said they are helping to free him.
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