10 Indonesian sailors return home after being released by Philippine militants

Indonesian sailors, who were taken hostage by Abu Sayyaf Islamic militants in the Philippines, getting off a plane upon their arrival at Halim Perdanakusuma Airbase in Jakarta on May 1, 2016. PHOTO: AFP.

JAKARTA: Ten Indonesian sailors held hostage by Abu Sayyaf Islamic militants returned home on Sunday (May 1) after being freed in the southern Philippines, less than a week after the gunmen beheaded a Canadian captive.

About five weeks after being abducted, the 10 tugboat crew turned up outside the house of the provincial governor on the remote Philippine island of Jolo.