Kidnapped Sulu midwife released by captors — Naval officer

ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines – Kidnapped Sulu midwife Rosalyn Kiram, 54, was freed by her captors around 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Colonel Jose Cenabre, deputy Naval commander for Western Mindanao, said.

Cenabre said Kiram was handed by her captors, in Barangay (village) Maligay, Patikul town, to Hadji Nurmina Abubakar, the village chairman of Barangay Darayan.

The full details of the release were not yet clear, he said.

Kiram was on her way home on Monday, along with five other health workers when abducted.

Senior Superintendent Antonio Freyra, Sulu police chief, said the gunmen actually took a total of six health workers after flagging down their mobile clinic in a village of Patikul.

“After more than an hour, the five other health workers were released, except Kiram. Her colleagues reported the kidnapping to the local police, Freyra said.