MANILA, Philippines—A Filipino guide seized Wednesday along with two European birdwatchers has escaped from their abductors, police told INQUIRER.net.
Ivan Sarenas escaped but Swiss national Lorenzo Vinciguerra, 47, and Dutchman Ewold Horn,
52, remain with their the five gunmen who abducted them, said Director Felicisimo Khu, chief of the Directorate of Integrated Police Operations in Western Mindanao.
Sarenas is a member of the Wild Bird Club of the Philippines and frequently visits Tawi-Tawi, the club’s treasurer, Michael Lu, told Agence France-Presse.
“We are aware that Ivan was in Zamboanga (southern city near Tawi-Tawi) with two foreigners,” Lu said.
“He had been a frequent visitor to Tawi-Tawi and he is the only person I know who has pictures of rare birds from that area, such as the Sulu hornbill.”
The Dutch foreign ministry refused to confirm the abduction at present and said it did not know the identity of the person kidnapped.
Cabangbang said the military did not yet know who abducted the trio.
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