The military’s Western Mindanao Command (Wesmincom) is “exhausting all efforts” to locate the captors and rescue the abducted school principal in Patikul town in Sulu on Thursday morning.
Pursuit operations were launched by Joint Task Force Sulu to find Marjorie Abdul, head teacher of Liang Elementary School, who was forcibly taken by armed men at around 9:30 a.m. on Thursday, Wesmincom spokesperson Cpt. Jo-Ann Petinglay said in a statement.
Abdul was kidnapped by suspected Abu Sayyaf bandits.
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“Lateral coordination with the police and the provincial government was established to intensify all pursuit operations, identify the perpetrators and trace their hideouts,” she said, adding that their intelligence resources are being used to obtain more information.
“We strongly condemn any kidnapping ploys employed by lawless groups in the province. Rest assured that we will sustain our operations in coordination with law enforcement agencies,” Petinglay said. /je