ZAMBOANGA CITY: The Philippine military has launched an operation to rescue three people—two of them members of the Coast Guard—being held hostage by the Abu Sayyaf Group in Mindanao, officials said on Saturday.
The bandit group threatened to behead the hostages, namely; Seaman First Class Rodlyn Pagaling Seaman Second Class Gringo Villaruz, and Barangay Aligway Island Chairman Rudy Boligao of Dapitan City, if the Aquino government fails to pay their ransom demand.
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