MANILA, Sept. 17 (Xinhua) - A radical Muslim bandit group released on Saturday a Norwegian man they took hostage almost a year ago, a spokesman for the Philippine military said.
Army Maj. Filemon Tan of the military's western Mindanao Command said the Abu Sayyaf bandits freed the hostage Kjartan Sekkingstad around 4 p.m. in a remote village in Indan, a town in Sulu. The military has yet to present the hostage victim to the media.
Sekkingstad and Canadian nationals Robert Hall and John Ridsdel were abducted in September last year in posh holiday resort in Davao del Norte.
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