Zamboanga (Philippines): Philippine troops have rescued a Vietnamese sailor held hostage for seven months by militants in the country’s south, according to the military.
Hoang Vo, 28, was rescued by troops on Friday after an airstrike and artillery fire on an Abu Sayyaf camp in the island of Basilan dispersed the kidnappers, regional military spokesman Captain Jo-Ann Petinglay said yesterday.
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