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==Kidnapped birdwatchers still kept in Tawi-Tawi== | |||
*Source: http://www.manilatimes.net/index.php/news/regions/16751-kidnapped-birdwatchers-still-kept-in-tawi-tawi | |||
*Thursday, February 09, 2012 | |||
:by AL JACINTO | |||
ZAMBOANGA CITY: Authorities said gunmen are still holding an abducted Dutch and a Swiss wildlife photographers in Tawi-Tawi. | |||
Authorities said Ewold Horn, 52, from Holland; and Lorenzo Vinciguerre, 47, of Switzerland, are still being held in captivity in one of dozens of islands in the Muslim province. | |||
Five gunmen seized the two photographers along with a Filipino guide, Ivan Sadinas, 35, who managed to escape from the gang in the town of Panglima Sugala. Police said the foreigners, who arrived in the province late last month, were taking photographs of wild birds when gunmen seized them. | |||
There were unconfirmed reports that the duo was brought to Sulu province and that another report claimed one of the hostages was rescued or freed. Police and military denied the reports. | |||
The military’s Western Min-danao Command branded the report as ‘disinformation.’ There was no truth to that report that one of the victims was rescued or freed. It was a disinformation,” said Army Lieutenant Colonel Randolph Cabangbang, a regional military spokesman. | |||
Police in Tawi-Tawi also denied the report. | |||
“They are still here in Tawi-Tawi and the operation is continuing and wanted this problem resolve as soon as possible,” said Senior Superintendent Rodelio Jocson, the provincial police chief. | |||
He said a local gang is holding Horn and Vinciguerre. “They were abducted by locals and not the Abu Sayyaf,” he said when asked by reporters if the al-Qaeda-linked terror group was behind the abduction. | |||
Jocson, accompanied by police commandos, launched a rescue operation on Tuesday, but returned empty handed later in the night. “We just came down from the mountain and there were no traces of the hostages,” he said. | |||
==Abducted Dutch, Swiss photographers still in Tawi-Tawi province== | ==Abducted Dutch, Swiss photographers still in Tawi-Tawi province== | ||
*Source: http://www.mindanaoexaminer.com/news.php?news_id=20120208050824 | *Source: http://www.mindanaoexaminer.com/news.php?news_id=20120208050824 | ||
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The Abu Sayyaf is still holding two Malaysians, a Japanese man, an Indian national married to a Filipina, an Australian citizen and three Filipinos in the restive southern region. | The Abu Sayyaf is still holding two Malaysians, a Japanese man, an Indian national married to a Filipina, an Australian citizen and three Filipinos in the restive southern region. | ||
==European tourists' abductors remain unknown== | ==European tourists' abductors remain unknown== | ||