From the Business Mirror (Jan 28): Public-school employees abducted in Zamboanga
EIGHT armed men abducted on Tuesday a couple who were working as supervisors in one of the public schools in Zamboanga del Sur, the police said.
According to an initial report, the victims were identified as Rudy Luna and Tessie Luna, both supervisors at the Kumalarang Central Elementary School, who were snatched at around 8 p.m. at Barangay Diplo, Kumalarang.
The two were reportedly brought to Sitio Dacun, Barangay Picanan, Kumalarang onboard a white Toyota Fortuner that was owned by the victims.
At Sitio Dacun, Tessie managed to escape while the armed men forced her husband into a pumpboat that sped toward an unknown direction.
The police and military are still scouring the area for the victim.
Meanwhile, Philippine National Police Anti-Kidnapping Group chief Sr. Supt. Renato Gumban said that the PNP recorded at least 50 cases of kidnapping last year.“We categorized them as kidnapping for ransom by organized crime group, we have two; by criminal gangs, we have nine; by terror groups we have 20,” he said. Gumban said most of the kidnapping were perpetrated by the Abu Sayyaf Group and kidnap-for-ransom groups.
In 2012, he said the PNP recorded at least 28 cases.