{"id":78266,"date":"2016-07-06T10:41:28","date_gmt":"2016-07-06T14:41:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=78266"},"modified":"2016-07-06T10:41:28","modified_gmt":"2016-07-06T14:41:28","slug":"asg-frees-kidnapped-trader-sulu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2016\/07\/06\/asg-frees-kidnapped-trader-sulu\/","title":{"rendered":"ASG frees kidnapped trader in Sulu"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_22511\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22511\" style=\"width: 443px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Abu-Sayyaf.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-22511\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Abu-Sayyaf.jpg\" alt=\"ABU SAYYAF GROUP (Screenshot from video courtesy of the Institute for the Study of Violent Groups)\" width=\"443\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Abu-Sayyaf.jpg 325w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Abu-Sayyaf-300x270.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 443px) 100vw, 443px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-22511\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">ABU SAYYAF GROUP (Screenshot from video courtesy of the Institute for the Study of Violent Groups)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MANILA\u2014After nearly a year in Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) captivity, a kidnapped trader was freed by captors in Sulu Wednesday morning.<\/p>\n<p>Western Mindanao Command (WESMINCOM) spokesman Major Filemon Tan identified released victim as Araji Maani.<\/p>\n<p>He was freed at Barangay Wanih Piyanjihan, Parang, Sulu at 10:45 a.m.<\/p>\n<p>Maani was kidnapped last July 27, 2015 in Zamboanga City.<\/p>\n<p>Counseling was conducted by Joint Task Force \u201cSulu\u201d in coordination with Sulu Police Provincial Office and other law enforcement prior to his turn-over to his family.<\/p>\n<p>As this develops, at 7:55 a.m. Wednesday, troops from the 35th Infantry Battalion conducting focused military operations engaged an estimated 20 ASG terrorists in Barangay Maligay, Patikul, for at least five minutes, killing one of the bandits.<\/p>\n<p>Tan said these brigands are believed to be responsible for the killing of unarmed soldiers in different areas in Jolo.<\/p>\n<p>The ASGs retreated leaving behind the body of their fallen compatriot and a .45 caliber pistol.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The conduct of focused military operations in Sulu was believed to exert pressure on the ASG to release their remaining kidnap victims.<\/p>\n<p>To date, there are nine foreigners and three locals believed to still be in the hands of the bandits,&#8221; said Tan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u2014After nearly a year in Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) captivity, a kidnapped trader was freed by captors in Sulu Wednesday &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":22511,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-78266","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78266","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=78266"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78266\/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=78266"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78266"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78266"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}