The Philippines’ Abu Sayyaf Group has freed a teenager that they’d held hostage for four months in Basilan. Nineteen-year-old Donald John Capili is said to be in good condition, but the ASG continues to hold two Chinese citizens in the area.
Meanwhile, in Iraq, the militant alleged to be behind the kidnapping of Peter Moore and four other Britons has been freed, said the Interior Ministry. The release of Qais al-Khazali is said to provide hope that the whereabouts of the remaining hostage, Alan McMenemy, thought to be dead, will be confirmed. The family member of one of the hostages killed, however, has criticised the practice of negotiations with terrorists:
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