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| Hostages killed in Philippines |
| 2003-10-28 |
| Police in the southern Philippines say five hostages kidnapped from Malaysia three weeks ago have been killed and one rescued, in a shoot-out with a kidnapping gang. Bummer The captives, seized from a resort in the Malaysian province of Sabah, had been traced to Tawi-Tawi province in the Philippines after a tip-off from Malaysian police. An unknown number of casualties were inflicted on the kidnappers. One hostage was found alive after the shootout. He was identified by police as Nonoy Arkusil, an Indonesian. There were conflicting reports about how the other hostages were killed. Arkusil told a local radio station that the captives were gunned down on Monday night because no ransom had been paid. He said he had managed to run away. But the regional police commander, Chief Superintendent Akmad Omar, said: "the hostages were said to be used as human shields by the Abu Sayyaf rebels during the clash. There was a bloody firefight." Wonder who’s telling the truth? The six workers - three Indonesians and three Filipinos - were abducted on 5 October from the beach resort in Sabah. Malaysian police say the captors were bandits from Sabah, but there has been speculation that the hostage-takers were members of Abu Sayyaf. Bandits or Abu Sayyaf, what’s the difference? |
| Posted by:Steve |
| #1 The Abu Sayyaf are known for hiding behind the skirts of women and children. They did it before - literally using women and children as 'human shields' and cowering behind them. So it is believable that they would employ them as literal shields. They are more like bandits. On the other hand you would think the hostage would know what happened - but if he ran away how would he know they were gunned down? BTW: These are not 'Real Men' either but a pack of rabit dogs. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2003-10-28 9:35:30 AM |