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| Abu Sayyaf militants seize senior Mindanao official |
| 2013-11-21 |
| Suspected Abu Sayyaf militants kidnapped a ranking official of Sulu province in Mindanao, police said on Wednesday. Senior Superintendent Abraham Orbito, Sulu's police chief, said the suspects kidnapped Jess Cabelin, the Sulu provincial treasurer from his quarters near the provincial capital early on Monday evening. Orbito cited witness testimony reporting heavily armed men, believed to be followers of Abu Sayyaf leaders Sawadjaan and Julli Ikit, dragged Cabelin to a waiting van after which they sped away. He said the abductors have not yet contacted the family of Cabelin who was believed to have been brought to the jungles of Patikul town, an Abu Sayyaf stronghold. Also in Mindanao, police and the Marines have been alerted after reports that the Abu Sayyaf have taken to SuluÂ’s neighboring island province of Tawi-Tawi the wife of a Taiwanese tourist who was abducted from a resort in Sabah, Malaysia on November 15. Malaysian officials have sought the help of Philippine security forces for the rescue of Chang An Wei, the wife of a Taiwanese tourist who was gunned down while they were vacationing. The authorities believe the abductors were from the Abu Sayyaf. |
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