Two of three Indonesian sailors kidnapped by suspected Abu Sayyaf extremists fled to freedom before dawn yesterday in the southern Philippines, officials said. Military spokesman Lt. Col. Buenaventura Pascual said Yamin Labaso and Erikson Hatagol escaped from their captors at around 12.30 a.m. from the bandits' jungle hideout in Mt. Tumatangis in the island of Jolo, about 950 kilometersm south of Manila. Pascual said a villager named Nijal Aradani helped the duo escape. He did not elaborate."The Indonesians are now under military doctors in Jolo," Pascual told Arab News. "We are now only going to have to rescue just one. Hopefully, we may be able to get him in the next few days," Armed Forces of the Philippines chief Lt. Gen. Efren Abu told reporters. A Malaysian intelligence report last month suggested that two hostages died in captivity and that the third had escaped from the Abu Sayyaf. The Indonesian Foreign Ministry had also said last month that it received reports suggesting that one hostage died in captivity. Hutagaol and Labuso were snatched on March 30 while sailing near Malaysia's Sabah state along with a third Indonesian identified as Ahmad Resmiyadi, and taken to Jolo, the officials said. The freed hostages were flown by helicopter and taken to a military hospital in southern Zamboanga city, where they were presented to the media.