Mayor Maria Isabelle Salazar escorts rescued Fahad Sakiran. And assists emergency medical workers who are transporting Nur Sakiran to an ambulance in these photos posted on the politician’s Facebook page.
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Police gassed a house to rescue 2 children held hostage by their own father after 9 hours of heart-pounding negotiations failed in Zamboanga City in southern Philippines.
Police also arrested the father, who was identified as Nur Sakiran, after overpowering him in the house in an alley in the village of Baliwasan. The bolo he used to threaten his sons was also recovered by the police. The children – Faizal and Fahad – were unharmed, but shaken from their harrowing ordeal.
The man earlier hacked and wounded his female relative following an altercation and then ran in his house where he held the two boys. The boys and their father were rushed separately to hospital for a routine medical examination.
Police fired tear gas in the house after the man failed to respond to the long negotiations that were also taking its toll on the cops. Mayor Maria Isabelle Salazar also rushed to the scene.
Local police chief Angelito Casimiro said the father would undergo psychiatric test. He is also facing criminal charges arising from the hostage-taking and the attack on the woman.
Casimiro said praised the policemen involved in the rescue operation for their patience in negotiating with the man and eventually ending the hostage crisis peacefully. “We did everything peacefully to end this hostage-drama peacefully,” he said.
It was unknown what triggered the man’s rage, but his relatives said Sakiran may have been affected by neighborhood gossips about his family. His wife works in the Middle East. (Mindanao Examiner)
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