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The 2000 Sipadan kidnappings was a hostage crisis in Sabah, Malaysia, and the southern Philippines that began with the seizing of twenty-one hostages from the dive resort island of Sipadan at approximately 6:15 p.m. (UTC +8) on 23 April 2000, by up to six Abu Sayyaf (ASG) bandits. [1]
An Olympus camera and an ATM card of one of the hostages are found in Cagayan de Tawi-Tawi island. Pictures of Abu Sayyaf leaders are released to media by the Armed Forces of the Philippines. [14] 31 May – The military fails to locate the bandits and hostages despite search and rescue operations in Jolo, Basilan and Cagayan de Tawi-Tawi.
The 2020 Jolo bombings occurred on August 24, 2020, when insurgents alleged to be jihadists from the Abu Sayyaf group detonated two bombs in Jolo, Sulu, Philippines, killing 14 people and wounding 75 others. [1] The first occurred as Philippine Army personnel were assisting in carrying out COVID-19 humanitarian efforts. [2]
Emotional accounts from relatives of the victims and survivors of the partial collapse of a boat dock gangway on Georgia’s Sapelo Island and a newly released video of the frantic rescue efforts ...
Various countries issued statements condemning the attacks and offering condolences to the affected victims, [note 1] as well as international organizations including the Asian Development Bank, [116] Association of Southeast Asian Nations, [117] European Union, [118] Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, [119] United Nations, [120] and World Bank.
Jul. 7—WELCH — Two McDowell County residents are facing multiple charges including drug delivery resulting in death relating to the death of a man in the Jolo area. Jaclyn JoAnn Kersey, 43, of ...
On October 4, 2019, armed men abducted British national Allan Hyrons and his Filipina wife Wilma from their beach resort in Tukuran town, Zamboanga del Sur province on the southern island of Mindanao. After a brief exchange of gunfire in November between Abu Sayyaf and Philippine troops on the island of Jolo, the couple was abandoned and rescued.
The man accused of murdering Laken Riley has begun in Georgia, with the jury hearing that the nursing student “fought for her life, fought for her dignity.” Riley’s murder became a rallying ...