Gunmen Release 38 From Ferry, Detain Crew
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Armed men who seized a ferry with 42 people on board released all the passengers but kept the captain and three crew members, apparently to avenge the deaths of gang members in recent clashes.
Attackers in speedboats stormed the ferry Thursday off small islands in the Philippines’ Basilan region, about 620 miles south of Manila, said Col. Juvenal Narcise, the area military commander.
Police said the abductors were believed to be members of the Abu Sayyaf, an extremist Muslim group.
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