ZAMBOANGA CITY: Abu Sayyaf terrorists have freed a 42-year-old man they abducted in Zamboanga Sibugay province in August but continue to hold in captivity his eight-year-old son in Sulu.

The Armed Forces of the Philippines’ (AFP) Western Mindanao Command (Westmincom) on Wednesday said Elmer Romoc was released on November 14 in Jolo town and traveled alone on a ferry for Zamboanga City where his wife and other relatives and policemen fetched him the next day.

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