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Gunmen snatch 3 foreigners, Filipino woman from Philippines resort
The Philippines military said Tuesday that unidentified gunmen have abducted a Norwegian resort manager, two Canadians and a Filipino woman from a southern Philippine island.
Regional military spokesman Capt. Alberto Caber said two Japanese unsuccessfully tried to intervene before the gunmen escaped with their hostages aboard a motorized outrigger from Samal Island off Davao City.
Caber says the gunmen appeared to have specifically targeted the victims when they entered the Holiday Oceanview Samal Resort late Monday on the northern tip of the island, about 975 kilometers (610 miles) southeast of Manila.
Local media named the resort manager as Kjartan Sekkinstad, adding that he was seized by the suspects after he went outside his yacht to check what was going on outside.
http://asiancorrespondent.com/135711/gunmen-snatch-3-foreigners-filipino-woman-from-philippines-resort/