Kidnapped Hyrons couple rescued
Credit to Author: THE MANILA TIMES| Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2019 02:36:07 +0000
More than a month after being kidnapped, the Hyrons couple was finally rescued by authorities on Monday, the military said.
Lt. Gen. Cirilito Sobejana, commander of the Western Mindanao Command (WestMinCom), confirmed that Allan Hyrons, 70, and his wife Wilma were rescued around 9 a.m. on Monday in Parang, Sulu.
The military said soldiers battled members of the Abu Sayyaf Group guarding the couple. Overwhelmed, the terrorists fled, allowing troopers to retrieve the kidnap victims.
Sobejana said the Philippine Army’s 2nd Special Forces Battalion took the couple for medical checkup and debriefing.
The Hyrons couple was abducted on October 6 inside their beach resort in Tukuran, Zamboanga del Sur. Dempsey Reyes