ZAMBOANGA CITY: Kidnappers have freed a Filipino professor at dawn Wednesday after more than five weeks in captivity, police said.

Police said Al Rashid Rojas was released in the town of Jolo. It was not immediately known whether ransom was paid for his freedom, but kidnappers originally demanded P20 million for his safe release.

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