Troops rescue midwife from militants in S. Philippines
State security forces rescued Thursday a midwife kidnapped by Abu Sayyaf terrorists last July.
According to Felicisimo Khu, head of the Directorate for Integrated Police Operations for Western Mindanao, the midwife Evangeline Taverisma was rescued by police and military in the village of Kappung in the southern Philippine province of Sulu.
Khu said there was a resistance from Abu Sayyaf but later abandoned their captive after sensing they were outnumbered.
The Abu Sayyaf militants were asking some 15 million pesos (354, 861 U.S. dollars) ransom for the release of the 57-year-old hostage.
The victim was on her way home from work when she was snatched at gunpoint in Sulu province.
The Abu Sayyaf group, active in southern Philippines, was founded in the 1990s and has perpetrated a number of high-profile attacks, including kidnapping, bombing and beheading. The Philippine military estimates the group currently has less than 400 members.
Editor: Chen Zhi
English.news.cn 2011-10-06 11:33:48 FeedbackPrintRSS
COTABATO CITY, Philippines, Oct. 6 (Xinhua)
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