ISLAMIC militants in the Philippines have freed three Indonesian sailors abducted at sea officials said, in the latest release by the Abu Sayyaf group after a kidnapping spree in the restive south.
The Abu Sayyaf handed over the three men on Jolo Island to a major rebel group which then released them to authorities yesterday, government peace negotiator Jesus Dureza said.
The turnover was smooth and now the three will get a medical check-up and a debriefing before being turned over to an Indonesian representative" Dureza told AFP.