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Governments paying ransom only encourages the activity and gives these terrorists the money they need to go kill more innocent people. 60 million might save six people now but how many will be killed in the future from the guns, ammunition and explosives that money buys? Sucks for those kidnapped and I wouldn't want to be in their position but.....

 

MANILA - Gunmen holding three foreigners and one Filipina hostage have slipped past a naval cordon and escaped to remote mountains in the southern Philippines without making ransom demands, police said Wednesday.

Elite Army troops were trying to track the bandits while air force helicopters were readied for a possible rescue as the abductors trekked into Davao Oriental province, a hotbed of Maoist and Islamic rebels, said Senior Superintendent Aaron Aquino, the region's deputy police commander.

The gunmen seized two Canadian tourists, a Norwegian employee and a Filipina from a luxury island resort on Monday night, adding to a string of kidnappings of foreigners in the conflict-wracked south since the 1990s.

"Last night, we received information that the kidnappers and their victims have been sighted... they are in the Davao Oriental area," Aquino told DZBB radio.

"Our Scout Rangers are following their tracks. They are on their trail. The Air Force is also helping, ready for insertion
Hostages brought to remote mountain region: police | ABS-CBN News

 

Poverty and poor education does not mix well with Islam. It breeds extremism. Davao is far too close to a whole lot of poor, uneducated and desperate Muslims for me.

 

In other words, they allow these kidnapping groups to operate in the area they say they control. They are proving that they cannot (or do not want to) stop terrorists and criminal organizations from operating within their area. The Philippine government should get rid of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao and send their military in to control the region (or let the US do it in exchange for oil and mineral rights). It's quite obvious that the "religion of peace" in the Philippines has no interest in having peace and order.

 

It's quite a hike. You don't get there on accident.
620KM

 

And we were all told Davao and surrounding areas were supposed to be safe to visit
Reckon that's their tourist industry finished for some time!

 

DAVAO CITY - Six foreign nationals have been abducted on Samal Island Monday evening.

The victims were checked-in at the Ocean View Resort in Barangay Ilihan when they were reportedly kidnapped by armed men around 10:30 pm Monday.

The armed men were believed to be members of the Bangsamoro Army or BAMA, allegedly a breakaway group from the Moro Islamicand Liberation Front (MILF).

According to reports, the group was onboard a motorized bangka when they swooped down the yacht club and snatched the victims at gunpoint.

The suspects fled towards Pantukan, Compostela Valley province.

The Navy and the Coast Guard are currently tracking the suspects.

Samal police has yet to identify the victims as well as their nationalities
6 foreign nationals abducted on Samal Island | ABS-CBN News