{"id":61891,"date":"2015-09-23T14:50:49","date_gmt":"2015-09-23T06:50:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=61891"},"modified":"2015-09-23T14:50:49","modified_gmt":"2015-09-23T06:50:49","slug":"abu-sayyaf-eyed-behind-kidnapping-of-3-foreigners-1-filipina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/09\/23\/abu-sayyaf-eyed-behind-kidnapping-of-3-foreigners-1-filipina\/","title":{"rendered":"Abu Sayyaf eyed behind kidnapping of 3 foreigners, 1 Filipina"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Abu Sayyaf Group (Screengrab from the Institute for the Study of Violent Groups video)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA \u2013 The way the armed men abducted Canadians John Ridsdel and Robert Hall, Norwegian Kjartan Sekkingstad, and Filipina Teresita Flor was similar to past attacks of the Abu Sayyaf, according to Igacos Mayor Aniano Antalan.<\/p>\n

Although New People\u2019s Army rebels allegedly claimed responsibility for the kidnapping, Antalan believed that the captors could possibly be Abu Sayyaf bandits instead.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn their note they claimed they\u2019re NPA but they have no means of pulling off such kidnapping. They\u2019re also not known to use pump boats,\u201d he said in a Philippine Daily Inquirer report, adding that the Abu Sayyaf was known for using pump boats.<\/p>\n

Antalan was referring to a piece of paper found near the vicinity of Holiday Oceanview Marina, where the foreigners and Filipina were kidnapped. Supposedly left by the gunmen, the note stated that the kidnapping was \u2018in retaliation for the death of the suspects\u2019 commander.\u2019<\/p>\n

Joint Task Group Sulu commander Brig. Gen. Allan Arrojado, for his part, disclosed that they could not yet confirm that the captors were indeed Abu Sayyaf men.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the Canadian government issued a travel ban to Davao region, the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) and other nearby Mindanao provinces due to \u2018serious threat of terrorist attacks and kidnapping\u2019 following the incident.<\/p>\n

\u201cBombings, shootings and kidnappings have occurred on public transportation, at airports, in shopping malls and in other public areas. Foreigners and places frequented by foreigners have been targeted. Explosive devices continue to be discovered by security authorities,\u201d the advisory read.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you are visiting or living in this region despite this advisory, review your security situation regularly and take appropriate precautions, particularly when visiting places frequented by foreigners,\u201d it further read.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

MANILA \u2013 The way the armed men abducted Canadians John Ridsdel and Robert Hall, Norwegian Kjartan Sekkingstad, and Filipina Teresita …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":22511,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1482,1145,16,95],"tags":[249],"class_list":["post-61891","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking","category-headline","category-news","category-news-ph","tag-rewrite","mauthors-cyra-moraleda","mauthors-philippine-canadian-inquirer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61891","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\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61891"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61891\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22511"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61891"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61891"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61891"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}