Militants free nurse for ransom
Al Qaeda-linked militants have freed a nurse they held hostage for four months in the southern Philippines after her family paid a ransom, officials said.
Regional police commander Chief Superintendent Bensali Jabarani said the Abu Sayyaf group handed over Preciosa Feliciano to provincial authorities on the island province of Basilan near the southern port city of Zamboanga.
Gunmen snatched the 24-year-old nurse in July and took her by boat to Basilan. Her family said she was missing for a week before the kidnappers called asking for ransom. The victim’s elder brother, Ben Feliciano, has told reporters the family paid $40,000 for her release.
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