ZAMBOANGA CITY (Apr 18) -– Andreas Notter, a Swiss national held captive by the Abu Sayyaf gunmen in the southern Philippine province of Sulu for more than two months was rescued early Saturday. He was rescued by police forces and civilian auxiliaries as his captors tried to take him out of a police cordon.
The Mindanao Examiner, a Zamboanga-based regional newspaper reported that policemen and armed villagers led by Senior Superintendent Julasirim Kasim, police chief of Sulu, were guarding the area when they spotted Notter with a group of armed men. They pursued them until the the gunmen were overpowered leaving he Swiss hostage behind.
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