Two Coast Guard men held hostage by Abu Sayyaf bandits sprinted through gunfire to freedom as elite Army Scout Rangers raided the extremists’ hideout, in Indanan, Sulu, killing 15 of them, the Philippine Army said on Thursday.
Seaman 1st Class Gringo Villaruz and Seaman 2nd Class Allan Pagaling slipped separately from the Abu Sayyaf camp on Wednesday night and raced through the jungle as their captors engaged in a gun battle with an elite military force, said military spokesman Col. Noel Detoyato.
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