7 Indonesian Sailors Held Hostages in Philippines

Local Editor

Indonesia says at least seven crewmen of a tugboat have been held hostage in the southern Philippines, the latest in a string of abductions in the waters between the two Southeast Asian states.

Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi said Friday that the abductions were carried out by two different armed groups in separate attacks on the tugboat towing a coal-carrying barge in the Sulu Sea on Monday.

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