2 Europeans, Pinoy guide kidnapped in Tawi-tawi

By Mindanews | Thursday| February 2, 2012 | Filed under: Top Stories

ZAMBOANGA CITY (MindaNews / 1 Feb) – Two European tourists and their Filipino tour guide were seized Wednesday afternoon by gunmen in the province of Tawi-tawi, a top police official disclosed.

Tawi-tawi police director Senior Supt. Rodelio Jocson identified the victims as Ewold Horn, 52, of Holland; Lorenzo Vinciguerre, 47, from Switzerland; and tour guide Ivan Sarenas, of Davao City.

Jocson disclosed that the victims were aboard a motorized banca and were taking pictures of “rare bird species” around 1:50 p.m. Wednesday off shore Sitio Luuk-Luuk, Barangay Parangan, Panglima Sugala town, when the five gunmen aboard another motorized banca arrived and seized the Europeans and their guide at gunpoint.

Jocson disclosed that a policeman and a village councilor who were escorting the tourists failed to stop the gunmen since they were unarmed.

Jocson and Tawi-tawi Governor Sadikul Sahali are in Panglima Sugala town personally leading the search for the victims. (MindaNews)

 

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