[AFP] The Abu Sayyaf on Thursday freed an Indonesian sailor abducted at sea, days after the gunmen released a Norwegian captive and three other Indonesians. The militants turned over Herman Manggak to another group of Muslim gunmen who later handed him over to the authorities, a military statement said.
Manggak was seized from a boat at gunpoint in the Sulu Sea close to the Malaysian border with the Philippines. He was held for 50 days on the Philippine island of Jolo, a stronghold of the Abu Sayyaf who earlier Thursday turned him over to the Moro National Liberation Front.
The terms of his release were not disclosed, but the Indonesian ambassador to Malaysia said the gunmen initially had demanded RM10,000 for him after freeing two other crew members.
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[Anadolu] The Philippine military announced Thursday the surrender of 21 Abu Sayyaf militants on the troubled island province of Basilan. Colonel Thomas Cirilo Donato said in a statement that the 21 men surrendered and handed over their firearms in Sumisip town. He said, "The Abu Sayyaf members realized that fighting the government and enduring hard life in the mountains is a lost cause."
Last month, security forces seized two Abu Sayyaf fortified camps in the neighboring town of Tipo-Tipo after a weeks-long offensive that killed 45 militants and 16 soldiers.
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