Philippine government said it did not pay the group and was unaware of any payment made by other parties for the release of the victims.
Three Indonesian fishermen held by Islamic State-linked rebels in the Philippines have been released, a Philippine military spokesman said on Sunday, just hours after the militias freed a Norwegian man after a year-long ordeal.
The Indonesians – identified as Lorence Koten, Teo Doros Kofong, and Emmanuel Arakian – were released by the Abu Sayyaf group on Saturday night at an undisclosed place in Sulu in the Southwest Philippines, said spokesman Major Filemon Tan. They were taken on July 9 this year from the Malaysian state of Sabah, he said.
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