| Abu Sayyaf gunmen abduct three
Malaysians from resort: police ZAMBOANGA, Philippines, Sept 12 (AFP) - Philippine police confirmed Tuesday
that Abu Sayyaf Muslim extremists abducted three people from a Malaysian diving resort and
took them to their stronghold in the southern island of Jolo.
Sulu provincial police chief
Candido Casimio said five Abu Sayyaf abductors brought the Malaysians to Jolo at 1.30 p.m.
(0530 GMT) on Monday after kidnapping them from a diving resort in Pandanan island off
Malaysia's Sabah state in Borneo.
He said that the abductors were
led by a so-called Commander Eping Ahga, a cousin of Abu Sayyaf leader Mujib Susukan.
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