ZAMBOANGA CITY: Suspected Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) militants abducted three people, including a pregnant woman, in a village in Patikul town in Sulu province in the Muslim autonomous region in southern Philippines, authorities said on Sunday.

The trio was onboard a multi-cab when gunmen flagged down the vehicles on the village of Timpook on Saturday and seized them. Authorities identified the victims as Shariff Julhasan Abirin, Levi Gonzales and his wife Daniela.

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