[Gulf Today] A suspect was arrested in the abduction of three foreigners and a Filipino woman from Davao del Norte province on September 21. This claim was made by Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte who identified the suspect as Pandagon Adona, alias Banon, now undergoing interrogation following his arrest.Duterte said Adona was positively identified from security camera footage retrieved from the island resort known as the Garden City of Samal. Duterte said Adona was among the group of gunmen who stormed the resort and kidnapped the four.
The mayor said he received the information from the military in his capacity as the chairman of the Southern Mindanao Peace and Order Council involved in tracking down the 11 suspects believed to have connections with or were themselves members of the Abu Sayyaf.
Duterte also said that security forces have identified at least two "contacts" who hosted the suspects. One of the contacts yielded a mobile phone taken from an American and his Japanese wife who were injured when they evaded capture by leaping into the sea from their yacht when the suspects arrived.