Malaysian kidnap victim badly hurt in gunfight


  • Nation
  • Saturday, 06 Apr 2019

KOTA KINABALU: A Malaysian kidnap victim who was shot in a gunfight as he escaped from his Abu Sayyaf captors is fighting for his life at a private hospital in Zamboanga City in the southern Philippines.

As Sandakan native Jari Abdullah, 34, who sustained gunshot wounds to his head, chest and groin, remains in a critical condition, the medical team has advised against flying him out to other hospitals for treatment.

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