ASG holding foreign kidnap victims – Iqbal

The three foreigners and a Filipina snatched from a resort in Samal Island last week may be in the hands of the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG), Mohaqer Iqbal, chief negotiator of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), said on Monday.

Iqbal, also the chairman of the Bangsamoro Transition Commission (BTC), said his group received intelligence reports that the four victims kidnapped in Davao Del Norte province have reached the bailiwick of the ASG in Indanan town on the island province of Sulu.