Philippines - German woman shot, man kidnapped.
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Philippines - German woman shot, man kidnapped.
SULU, Philippines, Abu Sayyaf, a jihadist terrorist group based in Sulu in the southwestern Philippines, claims to have kidnapped a 70-year-old German, Jurgen Kantner and killed his female companion.
The kidnapping, if confirmed, would be the latest in a wave of sea-borne attacks perpetrated by Abu Sayyaf despite combined efforts of the Philippines, Malaysia and Indonesia to shore up maritime security — and despite President Rodrigo Duterte’s ramped-up military offensive against the group, according to the Associated Press.
During a phone call with the Philippine Daily Inquirer on Sunday, Muammar Askali, a spokesman for Abu Sayyaf, said that the group had captured the two tourists from a yacht. “Unfortunately, the other one died,” Askali said, referring to the woman. “She tried to shoot us, so we shot her.”...
http://www.chiangraitimes.com/abu-sayya ... pines.html
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