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| Abu Sayyaf releases Norwegian hostage |
| 2016-09-18 |
| [Gulf Today] Authorities on Saturday confirmed that the Abu Sayyaf has released a Norwegian businessmen they abducted in late 2015 after paying a $600,000 ransom. Officials said the militants freed Kjartan Sekkingstad late Friday night in a remote village in the town of Indanan, Sulu. The release and payment of the ransom was negotiated by a senior leader of the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF). Sekkingstand was one of three foreigners including two Canadian nationals and their Filipina companion who were kidnapped in late 2015. The Canadians, John Ridsdel and John Hall, were later beheaded for their failure to pay the ransom demanded. "We are of course Norwegians." |
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