publish time

05/10/2019

author name Arab Times

publish time

05/10/2019

At least four gunmen abducted an elderly British man and his Filipino wife on Friday from their southern Philippine beach resort within sight of several people, police and military officials said. Police Cpl. Jairus delos Reyes said the suspects, who were armed with pistols, took Allan Hyrons and his wife, Wilma, from a hut in their resort at nightfall and dragged them to a motorboat in Tukuran town in Zamboanga del Sur province. Several young men in a nearby bar witnessed the abduction. Police are searching for the unidentified gunmen and the couple, who own two schools in addition to the resort in the coastal town, he said. (AP)