THE military recovered the body of an abducted Vietnamese sailor and rescued three o­thers from the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) in “special operations” launched on Friday in Tawi-Tawi.

Captain Jo-ann Petinglay, spokesman for the Western Mindanao Command (WestMinCom), said one of the sailors, Nguyin Huu Trong, died while in captivity while the three – Buy Xuan Vien, Bui Trung Duc and Nguten Quang Huy – were taken to a military hospital in Zamboanga City where doctors were examining them.

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