{UAH} .Elderly South Korean man kidnapped by Abu Sayyaf militants found dead in a sack

Attention Hannah Ogwapitti, Afuwa Kasule, Edward Muirlinda:

Radical Islam on the march, but who are the victims? Why is it that it
is only muslims committing these barbaric and evil acts, almost every
single day of the week?

Bobby.


Elderly South Korean man kidnapped by Abu Sayyaf militants 10 months
ago found dead in a sack
The remains of 74-year-old Noi-Sung Hong were found on Saturday in
Sulu Province near a suspected militant camp

Kate Ng |Sunday 1 November 2015 11:48 BST|| Filippino soldiers
preparing to rescue hostages (file photo). Abu Sayyaf have turned to
kidnappings in recent years as they receive little outside funding
Reuters The dead body of an elderly South Korean man kidnapped 10
months ago by extremists in the Philippines has been found in a sack
at roadside.

Army Brigadier General Alan Arrojado said the remains of Noi-Sung
Hong, 74, were found on Saturday in the Sulu province, where militant
Islamist group Abu Sayyaf are believed to be holding several foreign
and Filipino hostages in their jungle bases in the mountains.

Mr Hong was abducted by at least five gunmen disguised as policemen
from his home in Roseller Lim in the southern Zamboanga Sibugay
province in January.

An initial investigation found the militants brought Mr Hong's remains
to the town after he died from an unspecified illness, said General
Arrojado. The police report indicated there was no sign of any wound
caused by gunfire or bladed weapon.

The type of illness was not disclosed by military spokesman Captain
Antonio Bulao said Mr Hong had been reported to be sick for several
weeks and had died three to five days ago.

His body was transferred to the southern city of Zamboanga and will be
flown to Manila, authorities have said.

A ransom demand of 500 million pesos ($10.6m) was made to Mr Hong's
family through telephone calls and Facebook, where militants posted a
picture of the elderly man sitting on the ground shirtless and
surrounded by masked men with weapons, an anonymous government
anti-terrorism official told AP.

It is not known if any amount was handed to the militants.

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Other hostages still in their hands include a Dutch bird watcher, two
Malaysians and a Japanese national. They have been suspected of
kidnapping two Canadians, a Norwegian and a Filipino.

The al-Qaida-linked group Abu Sayyaf, which is blacklisted by the
United States and the Philippines as a terrorist organisation, has
been weakened by US-backed military offensives over the years.

The militants have turned to kidnappings and extortions in order to
keep running without any known major sources of foreign funding.

Additional reporting by AP

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