ZAMBOANGA CITY: Suspected Abu Sayyaf gunmen hijacked a tugboat off the southern Philippine province of Tawi-Tawi near the Sabah border and abducted four Indonesian crewmen as well as shot and wounded another before escaping on a speedboat, a military intelligence report said.

Abu Sayyaf jihadists released a photo, dated April 8, of four Malaysian hostages they seized from Semporna, Sabah, on April 2. They are believed being held by Abu Sayyaf commanders Hatid Hajan Sawajaan and Alhabsi Misaya in southern Philippines.
Abu Sayyaf jihadists released a photo, dated April 8, of four Malaysian hostages they seized from Semporna, Sabah, on April 2. They are believed being held by Abu Sayyaf commanders Hatid Hajan Sawajaan and Alhabsi Misaya in southern Philippines.

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