ZAMBOANGA CITY (Mindanao Examiner / June 6, 2014) – Suspected Abu Sayyaf gunmen snatched a construction foreman near Indanan town in the southern Philippine province of Sulu, police said Friday.
Police said Zamboanga native Remigio Villanueva Lingayan was travelling on a vehicle when flagged down by gunmen near the village of Kan Islam and seized him. Villanueva came from the town of Maimbung and was heading to the capital town of Jolo when the abduction occurred June 5.
Soldiers and policemen pursued the gunmen, but failed to catch up with them. There was no immediate statement from the town’s mayor or village officials, but police said the search is going on for Villanueva. No other details were made available by the police on Villanueva.
“We are still searching for the victims,” said Senior Superintendent Abraham Orbita, the provincial police chief.
No group claimed responsibility for the latest abduction, but the town is notorious for Abu Sayyaf kidnapping and many victims had been taken in Indanan in recent years. (Mindanao Examiner)
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