KOTA KINABALU: A fierce 40-minute gun battle in a Sulu Sea island in the Philippines appears to have ended the 22-day old Borneo Paradise resort kidnap episode with five of the six hostages feared killed while one escaped.
The shootout between police and some 60 gunmen reportedly occurred around 6.15pm on Monday at Languyan island near Tawi Tawi, where a military search is going on for bodies and the gunmen.
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