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alp227 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-12-11 02:32 AM
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Philippine gunmen snatch US citizens on Tictabon
Source: BBC News

Armed men have abducted two US citizens and their Philippine relative from an island in the southern Philippines, police say.

A gang of about 14 gunmen snatched the 50-year-old woman, her 14-year-old son and her Philippine nephew from a resort on the island of Tictabon.

Reports said the woman owned the resort and was in the Philippines on holiday.

Tictabon is in the country's troubled south, where Islamist militants and Muslim separatists are active.

Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-14117444
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