ZAMBOANGA CITY: Police forces in southern Philippines have launched an operation to rescue two German hostages being held by the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) after the terrorist group threatened to behead one of the captives, officials said.
The Abu Sayyaf is holding German yachtmen Stefan Viktor Okonek, 71, and Herike Diesen, 55, who were abducted at sea on April 25 while en route to Sabah in Malaysia from a holiday on Palawan Island in western Philippines.
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