2009 Sulu kidnapping crisis
Encyclopedia
The 2009 Sulu kidnapping crisis refers to the January 15, 2009 kidnapping
of International Committee of the Red Cross
(ICRC) volunteers in Patikul
, Sulu province, Philippines
by the Abu Sayyaf
.
's group. Parad himself was said to be involved in the kidnapping. All three workers were eventually released. According to a CNN story, Parad was reportedly killed, along with five other militants, in an assault raid by Philippine marines in Sulu province on Sunday, February 21, 2010.
Kidnapping
In criminal law, kidnapping is the taking away or transportation of a person against that person's will, usually to hold the person in false imprisonment, a confinement without legal authority...
of International Committee of the Red Cross
International Committee of the Red Cross
The International Committee of the Red Cross is a private humanitarian institution based in Geneva, Switzerland. States parties to the four Geneva Conventions of 1949 and their Additional Protocols of 1977 and 2005, have given the ICRC a mandate to protect the victims of international and...
(ICRC) volunteers in Patikul
Patikul, Sulu
Patikul is a 4th class municipality in the province of Sulu, Philippines. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 34,396 people in 5,939 households.-Barangays:Patikul is politically subdivided into 30 barangays.* Anuling* Bakong* Bangkal...
, Sulu province, Philippines
Philippines
The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...
by the Abu Sayyaf
Abu Sayyaf
Abu Sayyaf also known as al-Harakat al-Islamiyya is one of several military Islamist separatist groups based in and around the southern Philippines, in Bangsamoro where for almost 30 years various Muslim groups have been engaged in an insurgency for an independent province in the country...
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January
The three ICRC workers had finished conducting field work in Sulu province, located in the southwest of the country, when they were abducted by an unknown group, later confirmed as Abu Sayyaf leader Albader ParadAlbader Parad
Albader Parad was a senior leader of Abu Sayyaf, Islamic rebels in the Philippines with links to al-Qaeda. He led the kiddnaping of 3 International Committee of the Red Cross persons in 2009...
's group. Parad himself was said to be involved in the kidnapping. All three workers were eventually released. According to a CNN story, Parad was reportedly killed, along with five other militants, in an assault raid by Philippine marines in Sulu province on Sunday, February 21, 2010.