The Philippine military on February 26 said it has been verifying a claim that a German hostage was killed by the Abu Sayyaf Islamist militant group after authorities failed to pay a ransom on time.
Vietnamese authorities are working hard to verify information related to a pirate attack on a Vietnamese vessel in the Philippines’ waters that killed one, thus applying measures to protect Vietnamese citizens.
The coastguard of the Philippines on February 20 reported that pirates in southern Philippine waters killed one crewman of a Vietnamese vessel and abducted seven on the evening of February 19.
Abu Sayyaf in the Philippines freed two Filipinos held captive for nearly three months, the country’s military said on January 19, the second release in within a week by the Islamic State-linked group.
A leader of the Philippine Islamic militant group Abu Sayyaf - Abraham Hamid - was killed by Malaysian security forces during a gun fight offshore Sabah state, Borneo island of Malaysia, on December 10.
The Indonesian Government has called on local fishermen to stay away from waters off the state of Sabah near the border with the Philippines until security in the region is stable.
Gunmen from the Islamic insurgent group Abu Sayyaf on November 6 attacked a yacht in Sabahz of Malaysia, kidnapping a German man and killing his girlfriend.
Gunmen have abducted two Indonesian fishermen off Malaysia’ eastern Sabah state, where a series of similar kidnappings were allegedly carried out by the Philippine Abu Sayyaf militant group
President of the Philippines Rodrigo Duterte met with the leader of the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF), Nur Misuari at the presidential palace on November 3.
Armed men believed to be members of the Abu Sayyaf group have hijacked a Republic of Korean (RoK) vessel off the island of Tawi-Tawi in the southern Philippines, seizing its two crew members.
The Abu Sayyaf armed group has released three Indonesian hostages detained in the Philippines ’s southern Sulu province, a senior official of the Philippine Government said on October 2.
Three Indonesian fishermen and a Norwegian citizen have been freed by the Abu Sayyaf militant group after three months in captivity in the southern Philippines province of Sulu.
Vietnam strongly condemns those behind a bomb blast targeting a night market in southern Philippines that killed and injured many civilians, and believes that they will be strictly punished.
Mayor of the Philippines’s Davao city Sara Duterte on September 3 accused the Abu Sayyaf, a notorious group of Islamic militants, of bombing a night market in Davao that took the lives of at least 14
Two Indonesian sailors fled Abu Sayyaf bandits in the southern Philippines after nearly two months in captivity, Indonesian Security Chief Minister Wiranto disclosed on August 18.
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