Name of the Abu Sayyaf militant group re-emerged in the news in Indonesia. Ihwalnya, a vessel named Brahma 12 and an Indonesian-flagged bar...
Name of the Abu Sayyaf militant group re-emerged in the news in Indonesia. Ihwalnya, a vessel named Brahma 12 and an Indonesian-flagged barges they plow.
Ten people on board was taken hostage. Brahma vessel 12 has been released, and in the hands of Philippine authorities. While a barge containing seven thousand tons of coal, participated brought hijackers.
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| The Abu Sayyaf with four people who have six months in hostage |
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs states are already searching this news and communicate with the ship owner. According to Spokesman of the Ministry of Arrmanatha, is not known when exactly the vessel was hijacked.
The ship owner, found out on Saturday (26/3), when a person calls, claiming to be from the Abu Sayyaf group. The hijackers had twice contacted the owner of the ship. "The priority now is the safety of 10 citizens who were held hostage," said Arrmanatha.
The Abu Sayyaf is attached to the violence in the southern Philippines. They are based in Basilan, Mindanao, Jolo, and Tawi-Tawi. They are also known as Al Harakat Al Islamiyya, a separatist group consisting of a radical Islamic militia intent on separating from the Philippines. Abu Sayyaf militants frequently kidnap and hostage foreigners and demanding ransom.
Abu Sayyaf name plucked from the name of politicians and fighters of Afghanistan, Professor Abdul Rasul Sayyaf. Abu Sayyaf was founded by Abdurajak Abubakar Janjalani, former members of the Moro National Liberation Front. Abdurajak broke away from the MNLF in 1991 .
Abdurajak had gone to Libya and Saudi Arabia. In the 1980s, he believed went to Pakistan and joined the mujahideen in Afghanistan, against the annexation of the Soviet Union.
Their troops, initially only 20 people . Abu Sayyaf big goal is to establish an Islamic state. A year after being founded, they caught the attention of the world. Toddlers Luis Biek and his grandfather they had kidnapped. They will not release the two hostages before any ransom. This tactic worked.
Since then, they are not only attacking in the open. But also kidnapped and use hostages as a strategy.
The biggest kidnappings in April 1995, in the province of Zamboanga del Sur. At that time, a group that likes to call himself Abus is holding 50 people and killed 6 of them. Furthermore, they abducted 23 teachers and 30 students at Claret School, in Tumahubong, Basilan province.
Abdurajak was killed when Philippine soldiers attacked in late 1998 at the age of 39 years. His brother, Khadafi Abubakar Janjalani immediately replaced him at the age of 23 years.
Canadian Held By Abu Sayyaf hostages
In 2000, Abus abduct diligently to Malaysia. Tourists, journalists, missionaries, to local people they had kidnapped. Abus targeting Westerners, non-Muslims and demanded a ransom. In September 2006, Gaddafi was believed killed in a military attack. However, the leadership of Abus continue. Even more violent. They remain in action and drain ransom.
Late last year, they kidnapped four people, two Canadians, one citizen of Norway and one Filipino. John Ridsdel, Canadians in early March of this appeared in a video distributed on social media. Ridsdel, who was kidnapped six months ago it was appealed to the Canadian government to meet the ransom. Last November, they launched Abus ransom of one billion pesos or the equivalent of CAN $ 28 million. It's about Rp280 billion. In this month, the ransom was anticipated. "If we would be killed," said Ridsdel as quoted by the CBC .
From here they get a ransom of logistics and ammunition. Now, they were holding 10 crew Brahma 12 and demanded a ransom. They called demanding a ransom of 50 million pesos, equivalent Rp14,2 billion.
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