{"id":3518,"date":"2014-03-05T12:07:34","date_gmt":"2014-03-05T20:07:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=3518"},"modified":"2014-03-06T01:04:48","modified_gmt":"2014-03-06T09:04:48","slug":"philippine-forces-searching-for-southern-towns-vice-mayor-after-husband-reported-abduction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2014\/03\/05\/philippine-forces-searching-for-southern-towns-vice-mayor-after-husband-reported-abduction\/","title":{"rendered":"Philippine forces searching for southern town’s vice mayor after husband reported abduction"},"content":{"rendered":"

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MANILA,\u00a0Philippines\u2014Philippine\u00a0government forces were searching for a town\u2019s vice mayor Wednesday after her family reported that she has been abducted outside a shopping mall in the country\u2019s restive south, where a series of kidnappings has set off a security alarm.<\/p>\n

Police Senior Superintendent Diomarie Albarico said the husband of Arsina Nanoh reported that she was abducted by unidentified men Tuesday near a shopping mall in the bustling port city of Zamboanga.<\/p>\n

Nanoh is the vice mayor of Hadji Muhtamad town in nearby Basilan province, police said.<\/p>\n

Albarico said Alnajil Nanoh told investigators that his wife called late Tuesday and said she was abducted outside a Zamboanga city mall and was being held blindfolded in a room by unidentified men.<\/p>\n

No group has claimed responsibility nor demanded a ransom, Albarico said, adding investigators were trying to determine if the reported abduction was linked to Nanoh\u2019s work or business.<\/p>\n

Nanoh\u2019s election victory last year was being contested by a rival. She is also a gold jewelry trader, according to Albarico.<\/p>\n

A number of kidnappings for ransom, mostly blamed on Abu Sayyaf militants, have occurred in the south.<\/p>\n

Suspected Abu Sayyaf gunmen abducted a public school teacher, Alrashid Jahang, Wednesday afternoon on nearby Jolo island in Sulu province despite a security alert due to recent kidnappings in the region.<\/p>\n

Jahang was travelling on a motorcycle to Jolo town when about a dozen Abu Sayyaf militants led by a young commander, Aljini Mundoc, stopped and dragged him at gunpoint toward hinterland in Sulu\u2019s mountainous Patikul town, marine Capt. Ryan Lacuesta said.<\/p>\n

Marines and police were tracking the militants and their captive, he said.<\/p>\n

On Monday, gunmen abducted two children, their nanny and a driver on the way to school in Jolo, sparking concerns among parents, school officials and residents.<\/p>\n

Abu Sayyaf militants still hold several captives in their jungle camps in Sulu, including two European bird watchers who were kidnapped two years ago.<\/p>\n

The Abu Sayyaf, which is listed by the U.S. as a terrorist group, is notorious for bombings, kidnappings for ransom and beheadings. It is one of at least three armed Islamic groups not participating in a peace deal the\u00a0Philippine\u00a0government expects to sign this month with the main insurgent group in the south, the Moro Islamic Liberation Front.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

MANILA,\u00a0Philippines\u2014Philippine\u00a0government forces were searching for a town\u2019s vice mayor Wednesday after her family reported that she has been abducted outside …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3518","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-news-ph","mauthors-jim-gomez","mauthors-the-associated-press"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3518","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3518"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3518\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3518"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3518"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3518"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}