Zamboanga City (The Redline News Philippines) - The AFP expresses its extreme indignation
for the beheading of a Kidnap-for-Ransom Victim Mr. Noel Besconde by Terrorist
Abu Sayyaf Group Sub Leader Sadjawaan last Thursday (April 13) in the vicinity
of Bgy. Tugas, Patikul in the nearby province of Sulu.
Mr. Besconde, Filipino, was one of three members of the crew of FB
Ramona who were abducted somewhere in Celebes Sea last Dec 2016.
Western Mindanao Command (WesMinCom) Information Officer Cpt.
Jo-Ann D. Petinglay disclosed that the Commander of Joint Task Force Sulu,
BGen. Cirilito Sobejana believes that Mr. Besconde was murdered by his ASG
captors because he was reportedly ill and impedes their movement to evade the
operating units that are hunting them.
"While the AFP condemns this gruesome murder of this hapless
kidnap victim, it all the more drives our Soldiers, Airmen, Sailors, and
Marines to deliver the lethal blow against this band of terrorists and rescue
the remaining kidnap victims," declares AFP chief General Eduardo Año.
"This terrorist group are all the more, by their recent barbarism,
fueling the desire of the AFP to crush their beastly practice, stop their
kidnap-for-ransom activities, and restore peace in Western Mindanao.
"We will never falter. We will not rest even a bit in our conduct
of combat, intelligence, and civil-military operations to protect our people.
We will exhaust all means-legal and moral-- to bring this war against
terrorists to conclusion. "Meanwhile, I have directed JTF Sulu Commander
BGen Sobejana to locate the remains of the Mr. Besconde forthwith. I desire
that his body be brought to his mournful family and be accorded a decent
burial.
"We continue to call on every God-fearing resident of Sulu,
Basilan, and other parts of Western Mindanao to help your AFP and other
security forces to put a stop to this criminal and evil act of the ASG. They have no place in our civilized society,"
concludes General Año.(PR/The Redline News Philippines)
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