Tight security in Cebu after capture of Sayyaf man

CEBU – Authorities have tightened security in Cebu following the capture of an Abu Sayyaf militant linked to the kidnapping of the son of a Zamboanga del Norte mayor in September 2017.

Jimmy Marababol has been accused in the kidnapping of Jade Quimbo, whose father Eddie is the mayor of Labason town.  Marahabol was tracked down by the police and captured in the village called Tinago in Cebu City where he traded rice as a living.

Troops hunt Sayyafs in Sulu

SULU – Security forces continue to hunt down Abu Sayyaf militants whose group is still holding over a dozen hostages, mostly sailors kidnapped off Sabah in Malaysia. Just recently, militants released the son of Labason town Mayor Eddie Quimbo, who was kidnapped last year in Zamboanga del Norte province.

Police said the 28-year Jed Quimbo was freed in Patikul town where troops have been deployed to track down the militants. Quimbo was handed over to his brother Justin, who reportedly sought assistance from local leaders to fetch the victim in Anuling village.

Quimbo was later presented to the military in Jolo town. It was unknown whether Quimbo’s family had paid ransom to the Abu Sayyaf or not. He was seized by six militants on September 6 in downtown Labason.

The Abu Sayyaf – founded in the 1990s in Basilan province – which was originally fighting for a separate Islamic state, has resorted to ransom kidnapping after its chieftain Abdurajak Janjalani was killed in a firefight with a policeman in Lamitan City in December 1998.

But some of its hard core commanders pledged allegiance with the Islamic State in an effort to capitalize in the vicious and brutal campaign of the jihadists in the Middle East. (Mindanao Examiner)

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Sayyafs free mayor’s son

ZAMBOANGA CITY – Abu Sayyaf militants released the son of a southern Philippine town mayor kidnapped last year in Zamboanga del Norte province, police said Monday.

Police said the 28-year Jed Quimbo, whose father Eddie, is the mayor of the coastal town of Labason, was freed Sunday afternoon in Patikul town. Quimbo was handed over to his brother Justin, who reportedly sought assistance from local leaders to fetch the victim in Anuling village in Patikul town.

Quimbo was later presented to the military in Jolo town. It was unknown whether Quimbo’s family had paid ransom to the Abu Sayyaf or not. He was seized by six militants on September 6 in downtown Labason.

The Abu Sayyaf - founded in the 1990s in Basilan province - which was originally fighting for a separate Islamic state, has resorted to ransom kidnapping after its chieftain Abdurajak Janjalani was killed in a firefight with a policeman in Lamitan City in December 1998.

But some of its hardcore commanders pledged allegiance with the Islamic State in an effort to capitalize in the vicious and brutal campaign of the jihadists in the Middle East.

The militant group is still holding over a dozen hostages, mostly sailors, kidnapped off Sabah in neighboring Malaysia. (Mindanao Examiner)

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