Hanoi (VNA) – Philippine navy troops on March 23 successfully rescued two Malaysians held hostage by Islamic State-linked Abu Sayyaf militant group for eight months in the waters off the southern Philippines.
Major General Carlito Galvez Jr., Commander of the Western Mindanao Command, said in a statement that the Malaysians, Tayudin Anjut and Abdurahim bin Sumas, were rescued off Pata Island in southern Sulu province.
The country’s marine troops were sent to the area after the military received information that the Abu Sayyaf leader Alhabsy Misaya was hiding in the mangroves with about 30 other bandit members, he said.
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