Kids save schoolmate from kidnapping in Ifugao

LA TRINIDAD, Benguet, Philippines –   Children threw stones at suspected kidnappers who had attempted to seize their schoolmate in Banaue, Ifugao.

Ifugao police said a nine-year-old boy was walking home in Sitio Maluhpeng in Barangay Viewpoint at around 3:45 p.m. last Dec. 2 when a black van stopped and offered the boy a ride home.

The boy reportedly refused after seeing a child with his mouth taped and  seated between two men inside the van.

A man near the door of the van tried to pull the boy inside, but his schoolmates who saw the incident threw stones  at the van, prompting the suspects to flee.

A manhunt for the suspects is underway.