Filipino soldiers conduct inspections on a vehicle at a military checkpoint on the outskirts of Jolo, Sulu island, southern Philippines, 23 September 2015. - EPA/Filepic
MANILA, Oct 8, 2015 (AFP) - Gunmen have seized an Italian restaurant owner and former priest in the southern Philippines, authorities said Thursday, expressing fears he was taken to the island lair of the extremist Abu Sayyaf group.
Six suspects, four posing as customers, kidnapped Rolando del Torchio in a swift raid that shocked the dinnertime crowd at his pizzeria in the sleepy port city of Dipolog on Wednesday, a regional military spokesman said.
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