Soldiers foil kidnap try
May 22, 2002 | 12:00am
COTABATO CITY Soldiers foiled yesterday an attempt by Pentagon kidnap-for-ransom gang members to snatch a vacationing female overseas contract worker in Kabacan, North Cotabato.
Maj. Julieto Ando, spokesman of the Armys 6th Infantry Division, identified the syndicates target as Amina Atogan, of Barangay Banawag, a farming community in Kabacan, 85 kilometers north of this city.
Ando said Atogan, 25, and her friends were dining at a fastfood restaurant in Kabacans commercial district when three men, armed with pistols, grabbed and dragged her to a waiting tricycle.
Witnesses quickly reported the incident to a nearby detachment of the Armys 39th Infantry Battalion.
Soldiers guarding a detachment in Barangay Dagupan, also in Kabacan, intercepted the kidnappers at a roadblock. The armed men jumped out of the tricycle and scampered to different directions, leaving Atogan behind.
Responding combatants of the 39th IB, along with civilian volunteers from a nearby village, later cornered the three kidnappers, identified as Ismael Ambil, Mama Ali, Misuari Macabuat.
Maj. Julieto Ando, spokesman of the Armys 6th Infantry Division, identified the syndicates target as Amina Atogan, of Barangay Banawag, a farming community in Kabacan, 85 kilometers north of this city.
Ando said Atogan, 25, and her friends were dining at a fastfood restaurant in Kabacans commercial district when three men, armed with pistols, grabbed and dragged her to a waiting tricycle.
Witnesses quickly reported the incident to a nearby detachment of the Armys 39th Infantry Battalion.
Soldiers guarding a detachment in Barangay Dagupan, also in Kabacan, intercepted the kidnappers at a roadblock. The armed men jumped out of the tricycle and scampered to different directions, leaving Atogan behind.
Responding combatants of the 39th IB, along with civilian volunteers from a nearby village, later cornered the three kidnappers, identified as Ismael Ambil, Mama Ali, Misuari Macabuat.
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