Militants Kidnap 16 in Philippines

World | April 21, 2005, Thursday // 00:00

Sixteen civilians were kidnapped and put on a passenger jeep Thursday morning in a village of Lanaodel Sur, southern Philippines, Philippine military officials said. An undetermined number of armed men forced these people into a jeep in Saguiran, Lanao del Sur, the military report said. The report did not say whether it is an act of terrorism or just a common criminal act. Police and government troops were looking for the whereabouts of the kidnappers and their victims in Piagapo municipality, a mountainous village in the area.

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