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Gunman Takes 30 People Hostage At Philippines' Mall
Heavily armed police were deployed at a mall in the Philippine capital Manila on Monday after reports that a disgruntled employee was holding a group of people hostage, an AFP journalist saw.
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Dutch Hostage Killed While Trying To Escape In Philippines: Army
A Dutch birdwatcher held by Islamic State-linked terrorists was killed on Friday during a firefight between his kidnappers and soldiers in the southern Philippines, according to the military, which said he was shot by his captors as he tried to escape.
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Terrorists Force Kids, Hostages To Fight: Philippine Army
Children and hostages are being forced to fight alongside pro-ISIS gunmen waging a seven-week battle for a Philippine city, the country's military said today.
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Pro-ISIS Terrorists Flee Primary School, All Hostages Unharmed: Army
The Philippine military said terrorists fled from a primary school in the south on Wednesday, leaving behind 31 hostages unharmed, including 12 children, after a day-long gunbattle with troops. There was no word of casualties in the incident at Pigcawayan town, which is about 190 km south of Marawi City, where fighting between government troops and...
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Terrorists Enter Primary School In Philippine, Take Hostages: Army
Terrorists occupied a primary school and took hostages in a southern Philippine village on Wednesday, a few hours drive from a city where other jihadists were fighting a month-long war, authorities said.
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Body Of Beheaded German Hostage Found: Philippines
The body of an elderly German hostage who was beheaded by Islamic terrorists has been found, the Philippine government said on Sunday.
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Ex-Hostage Tells Of Terror As Friends Beheaded In Philippines
A Norwegian former hostage on Sunday described his psychological torture as he heard his friends being beheaded by Islamic terrorists during a year-long captivity in the southern Philippines.
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Freed Hostage Recounts Boyfriend's Beheading By Philippine Terrorists
A Filipina hostage released by southern Philippine terrorists today broke down in tears as she recounted how her Canadian boyfriend had been beheaded a week earlier.
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Family Of Killed Hostage Say They Back Canada Ransom Policy
The family of a Canadian hostage who was executed by an Islamist militant group in the Philippines said on Tuesday they supported the Canadian government's policy of not paying ransom in kidnapping cases.
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Justin Trudeau Believes Canadian Hostage Killed In Philippines
The Canadian government has "reason to believe" that Canadian hostage Robert Hall has been killed by his captors in the Philippines, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said in a statement on Monday.
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Canadian Executed By Islamic Terrorists In Philippines: Justin Trudeau
Islamic terrorists in the Philippines have executed a Canadian hostage, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced on Monday, after the Filipino authorities said they had found the head of a foreign man on a remote island.
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Islamists Behead 2 Hostages In The Philippines
Philippine militants that want to ally with ISIS terrorists have beheaded two local hostages, police said today.
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Foreign Hostages in Philippines Appear in Video Posted Online
Three foreign men and a Filipina kidnapped last month in the southern Philippines have appeared in a video posted online, making demands for the Islamic militants who abducted them.
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Philippine Police Killed Armed Assailant in Hostage Drama
Philippine police shot and killed a man who took a fellow bus passenger hostage in central Manila Today, authorities said.
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Philippine Gunmen Haul Hostages Into Remote Mountain Region
Gunmen holding three foreigners and one Filipina hostage have slipped past a naval cordon and escaped to remote mountains in the southern Philippines without making ransom demands, police said today.
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Gunman Takes 30 People Hostage At Philippines' Mall
Heavily armed police were deployed at a mall in the Philippine capital Manila on Monday after reports that a disgruntled employee was holding a group of people hostage, an AFP journalist saw.
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Dutch Hostage Killed While Trying To Escape In Philippines: Army
A Dutch birdwatcher held by Islamic State-linked terrorists was killed on Friday during a firefight between his kidnappers and soldiers in the southern Philippines, according to the military, which said he was shot by his captors as he tried to escape.
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Terrorists Force Kids, Hostages To Fight: Philippine Army
Children and hostages are being forced to fight alongside pro-ISIS gunmen waging a seven-week battle for a Philippine city, the country's military said today.
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Pro-ISIS Terrorists Flee Primary School, All Hostages Unharmed: Army
The Philippine military said terrorists fled from a primary school in the south on Wednesday, leaving behind 31 hostages unharmed, including 12 children, after a day-long gunbattle with troops. There was no word of casualties in the incident at Pigcawayan town, which is about 190 km south of Marawi City, where fighting between government troops and...
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Terrorists Enter Primary School In Philippine, Take Hostages: Army
Terrorists occupied a primary school and took hostages in a southern Philippine village on Wednesday, a few hours drive from a city where other jihadists were fighting a month-long war, authorities said.
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Body Of Beheaded German Hostage Found: Philippines
The body of an elderly German hostage who was beheaded by Islamic terrorists has been found, the Philippine government said on Sunday.
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Ex-Hostage Tells Of Terror As Friends Beheaded In Philippines
A Norwegian former hostage on Sunday described his psychological torture as he heard his friends being beheaded by Islamic terrorists during a year-long captivity in the southern Philippines.
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Freed Hostage Recounts Boyfriend's Beheading By Philippine Terrorists
A Filipina hostage released by southern Philippine terrorists today broke down in tears as she recounted how her Canadian boyfriend had been beheaded a week earlier.
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Family Of Killed Hostage Say They Back Canada Ransom Policy
The family of a Canadian hostage who was executed by an Islamist militant group in the Philippines said on Tuesday they supported the Canadian government's policy of not paying ransom in kidnapping cases.
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Justin Trudeau Believes Canadian Hostage Killed In Philippines
The Canadian government has "reason to believe" that Canadian hostage Robert Hall has been killed by his captors in the Philippines, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said in a statement on Monday.
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Canadian Executed By Islamic Terrorists In Philippines: Justin Trudeau
Islamic terrorists in the Philippines have executed a Canadian hostage, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced on Monday, after the Filipino authorities said they had found the head of a foreign man on a remote island.
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Islamists Behead 2 Hostages In The Philippines
Philippine militants that want to ally with ISIS terrorists have beheaded two local hostages, police said today.
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Foreign Hostages in Philippines Appear in Video Posted Online
Three foreign men and a Filipina kidnapped last month in the southern Philippines have appeared in a video posted online, making demands for the Islamic militants who abducted them.
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Philippine Police Killed Armed Assailant in Hostage Drama
Philippine police shot and killed a man who took a fellow bus passenger hostage in central Manila Today, authorities said.
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Philippine Gunmen Haul Hostages Into Remote Mountain Region
Gunmen holding three foreigners and one Filipina hostage have slipped past a naval cordon and escaped to remote mountains in the southern Philippines without making ransom demands, police said today.
