ZAMBOANGA CITY: The Abu Sayyaf Group has released an eight-year-girl after three months in captivity in the southern province of Sulu, police said on Thursday.

Police Senior Supt. Abraham Orbita said the victim, who was seized from a store in her hometown Olutanga in Zam-boanga Sibugay on July 25, was freed in the town of Jolo on Wednesday afternoon.

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