Philippine rebels take Catholic priest, 2 others captive

PHILIPPINE rebels have taken a Catholic priest and his family hostage in the southern port city of Zamboanga as sporadic fighting continued on Tuesday in several villages in Zamboanga City.

A neighbor of Father Michael Ufana said that Moro National Liberation Front rebels barged in the house of the priest in Santa Catalina village and took him hostage, including his sister and father. A local radio network, Radyo Agong, also reported the taking of priest and his sister and father, but their fate remains unknown.