Units from Joint Task Group Basilan have rescued the nine construction workers earlier snatched by the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) brigands Monday morning at Sumisip town, Basilan province.

1st Lt. Sally Magno, Joint Task Group Basilan public affairs office chief, said the rescue took place at 4:40 p.m. at the far-flung area of Barangay Kaumpamatsake, also in Sumisip.

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