Manila, Oct 18, 2024 (AFP) - American man abducted in southern Philippines

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2024-10-18

Gunmen have abducted an American man living in the southern Philippines, shooting him in the leg and ferrying him away in a boat, police said Friday. The victim, named by police as Elliot Onil Eastman, was "forcibly taken" late Thursday in Mindanao, a southern island wracked in previous decades by Muslim insurgencies and ransom kidnappings that have since waned. A police report said the four gunmen introduced themselves as police officers and sho......

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