Three people on fishing boat kidnapped off Malaysia: Official
Three crew members on a Malaysian fishing trawler have been kidnapped in waters where militants from the Abu Sayyaf group have previously taken hostages, a security official said on Sunday (Sept 11).
Three crew members on a Malaysian fishing trawler have been kidnapped in waters where militants from the Abu Sayyaf group have previously taken hostages, a security official said on Sunday (Sept 11).
The fishing trawler docked at the Semporna jetty in the east of coast of Sabah. Three fishermen were abducted by gunmen in Sabah waters off the tourist resort of Pulau Pom Pom. PHOTO: THE STAR/ ASIA NEWS NETWORK
The incident is believed to have occurred late Saturday off Pom Pom Island, a popular scuba diving location in the eastern state of Sabah.
“The boat is Malaysian registered,” Wan Abdul Bari Abdul Khalid, head of Malaysia’s Eastern Sabah Security Command, told AFP, without specifying the nationality of the crew.
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