Editing Abu Sayyaf (section)

====In the Philippines====

=====Journalists abducted since 2000=====
[[ABS–CBN Corporation|ABS-CBN]]'s ''Newsbreak'' reported that Abu Sayyaf abducted at least 20 journalists from 2000 to 2008 (mostly foreign journalists). All of them were eventually released upon payment of [[ransom]].
 
*[[GMA Network|GMA-7]] television reporter [[Susan Enriquez]] (April 2000, [[Basilan]], a few days);
* 10 Foreign journalists (7 German, 1 French, 1 Australian and 1 Danish, in May 2000, [[Jolo]], for 10 hours);
* German Andreas Lorenz of the magazine ''[[Der Spiegel]]'' (July 2000, Jolo, for 25 days; he was also kidnapped in May);
* French television reporter Maryse Burgot and cameraman Jean-Jacques Le Garrec and sound technician Roland Madura (July 2000, Jolo, for 2 months);
* ABS-CBN television reporter Maan Macapagal and cameraman Val Cuenca<ref>{{cite news |url=https://cpj.org/2000/07/muslim-militants-abduct-two-filipino-journalists-f.php |title=Muslim militants abduct two Filipino journalists; four kidnapped foreign journalists still in captivity |date=July 24, 2000 |access-date=June 21, 2019 |work=[[Committee to Protect Journalists]]}}</ref> (July 2000, Jolo, for 4 days);<ref>{{cite news |url=https://cmfr-phil.org/uncategorized/three-journalists-abducted-by-terrorist-group/ |title=Three journalists abducted by terrorist group |date=June 9, 2008 |access-date=June 21, 2019 |work=[[Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181204020843/http://cmfr-phil.org/uncategorized/three-journalists-abducted-by-terrorist-group/ |archive-date=December 4, 2018 }}</ref>
*[[Philippine Daily Inquirer]] contributor and Net 25 television reporter Arlyn de la Cruz (January 2002, [[Zamboanga City|Zamboanga]], for 3 months)
* GMA-7 television reporter Carlo Lorenzo and cameraman Gilbert Ordiales (September 2002, Jolo, for 6 days).<ref>{{cite web |last1=Fonbuena |first1=Carmela |last2=Aguilar |first2=Jenny |date=2008-12-06 |title=Abu Sayyaf abducted 20 journalists since 2000 |url=http://rp3.abs-cbnnews.com/nation/06/12/08/abu-sayyaf-abducted-20-journalists-2000 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402115106/http://rp3.abs-cbnnews.com/nation/06/12/08/abu-sayyaf-abducted-20-journalists-2000 |archive-date=April 2, 2015 |publisher=Rp3.abs-cbnnews.com}}</ref>
* Filipino [[Ces Drilon]] and news cameramen Jimmy Encarnacion and Angelo Valderrama released unharmed after ransom paid (June 2008 [[Maimbung, Sulu]] for 9 days; See [[2008 Maimbung kidnappings]]).<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2009-01-16/former-jail-guard-linked-to-kidnap-of-red-cross/268222|title=Former jail guard linked to kidnap of Red Cross team in Philippines|work=ABC News Australia|date=January 16, 2009|access-date=February 4, 2018}}</ref>
* Jordanian TV journalist Baker Atyani and his two Filipino crews were kidnapped in June 2012 by the Abu Sayyaf militants they had sought to interview in the jungles of [[Sulu]] province. The two crew were freed in February 2013. [[Al Arabiya]] News Channel stated that their correspondent, Atyani, was handed over to the local governor's office on December 4, 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.philstar.com/nation/2013/12/05/1264474/updated-abu-sayyaf-releases-jordanian-journalist|title=Abu Sayyaf releases Jordanian journalist|work=The Philippine Star|date=December 5, 2013|access-date=February 2, 2018}}</ref> However, police and military officials could not ascertain whether Atyani had escaped from his captors or was freed.<ref>{{cite web |last=Cayabyab |first=Marc Jayson |date=December 5, 2013 |title=Jordanian journalist Atyani escaped from Abu Sayyaf —report |url=http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/news/nation/338455/jordanian-journalist-atyani-escaped-from-abu-sayyaf-report/story/ |access-date=February 2, 2018 |publisher=GMA News}}</ref>

=====Jeffrey Schilling=====
On August 31, 2000, American citizen and Muslim convert Jeffrey Schilling from [[Oakland, California]], was captured on [[Jolo]] while visiting a terrorist camp with his new wife, Ivy Osani (a cousin of Abu Sabaya, one of the rebel leaders), whom he had met online. ASG demanded a $10&nbsp;million ransom. Rebels also sarcastically threatened to behead him in 2001 as a "birthday present" to then Philippine President [[Gloria Macapagal Arroyo]], who responded by declaring "all-out war" on them. The beheading threat was withdrawn after Schilling's mother, Carol, flew to the Philippines and appealed for mercy on local radio. On April 12, 2001, Philippine soldiers raided a rebel camp and rescued the American. The United States praised the Philippine government for freeing Schilling.<ref name="Chicago Tribune">{{cite news |last=Paddock |first=Richard C. |date=April 13, 2001 |title=Philippine Soldiers Rescue U.s. Hostage |work=Chicago Tribune |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2001/04/13/philippine-soldiers-rescue-us-hostage/ |access-date=February 4, 2018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180204000239/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2001-04-13/news/0104130152_1_abu-sayyaf-ivy-osani-american-hostage-jeffrey-schilling |archive-date=February 4, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/us-hostage-freed-in-philippines/ |work=CBS News |date=April 12, 2001 |title=US Hostage Freed in Philippines |access-date=May 2, 2008 |archive-date=December 2, 2008 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081202013154/http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2001/04/02/world/main283170.shtml }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://transcripts.cnn.com/show/bn/date/2002-07-23/segment/01 |title=Larry Thompson, Deputy Attorney General (Live Transcript) |date=July 23, 2002 |publisher=CNN}}</ref>

Many commentators have been critical of Schilling, who claims to have walked willingly into the camp after he was invited by his wife's cousin, a member of Abu Sayyaf.<ref>{{cite news |author=Johnson |first=Chip |date=April 14, 2001 |title=What Was Schilling Thinking? Oblivious Oakland Man Sets Himself Up |work=San Francisco Chronicle |url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2001/04/14/MNE165246.DTL}}</ref>

Schilling was one of more than 40 hostages taken by Abu Sayyaf in 2000, including 21 tourists and workers seized in a raid on [[#2000 Sipadan kidnappings|Sipadan]] diving resort in neighboring Malaysia. Many of the hostages were released after Libya paid millions of dollars. A Libyan official stated that Schilling had visited the Jolo camp often before his capture. Philippine intelligence sources say he was interested in selling military equipment to the rebels, while the bandits accused him of being a CIA agent. Abu Sayyaf threatened several times to kill Schilling. At one stage, Schilling reportedly went on a hunger strike to win his freedom.<ref name="Chicago Tribune"/>

=====Martin and Gracia Burnham=====
{{See also|Dos Palmas kidnappings}}
On May 27, 2001, an Abu Sayyaf raid kidnapped about 20 people from Dos Palmas, an expensive resort in Honda Bay, taking them to the north of [[Puerto Princesa City]] on the island of [[Palawan]], which had been "considered completely safe". The most "valuable" hostages were three North Americans, Martin and Gracia Burnham, a [[missionary]] couple, and Guillermo Sobero, a Peruvian-American tourist who was later [[Decapitation|beheaded]], following a $1&nbsp;million [[ransom]] demand.<ref>{{cite web |last=Nery |first=John |date=December 6, 2008 |title=Newsstand: Gracia's enemies |url=http://newsstand.blogs.com/newsstand/2007/01/turns_out_abu_s.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081206072229/http://newsstand.blogs.com/newsstand/2007/01/turns_out_abu_s.html |archive-date=December 6, 2008}}</ref> The hostages and hostage-takers then returned to Abu Sayyaf territories in Mindanao.<ref name=Bowden2007p54>"Manhunt" by Mark Bowden, ''The Atlantic'', March 2007, p.54 (15)</ref><ref name="Bowden">{{Cite web |last=Bowden |first=Mark |date=2007-03-01 |title=Jihadists in Paradise |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2007/03/jihadists-in-paradise/305613/ |access-date=2023-03-26 |website=The Atlantic |language=en}}</ref> According to Bowden, the leader of the raid was Abu Sabaya. According to [[Gracia Burnham]], she told her husband "to identify his kidnappers" to authorities "as 'the Osama bin Laden Group,' but Burnham was unfamiliar with that name and stuck with" Abu Sayyaf. After returning to Mindanao, Abu Sayyaf conducted numerous raids, including one that culminated in the [[Siege of Lamitan]] and "one at a coconut plantation called Golden Harvest; they took about 15 people captive there and later used [[bolo knife|bolo knives]] to hack the heads off two men. The number of hostages waxed and waned as some were ransomed and released, new ones were taken and others were killed."<ref name=Bowden2007p54 /><ref name="Bowden"/>

On June 7, 2002, about a year after the raid, Philippine army troops conducted a rescue operation in which Martin Burnham and Filipino nurse Ediborah Yap were killed. The remaining hostage was wounded and the hostage takers escaped. In July 2004, Gracia Burnham [[Testimony|testified]] at a trial of eight Abu Sayyaf members and identified six of the suspects as her captors, including Alhamzer Limbong, Abdul Azan Diamla, Abu Khari Moctar, Bas Ishmael, Alzen Jandul, and Dazid Baize. "The eight suspects sat silently during her three-hour testimony, separated from her by a wooden grill. They face the death sentence if found guilty of kidnapping for ransom. The trial began this year and is not expected to end for several months."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.graciaburnham.org/pdf/Article_7-30-04.pdf |title=Burham identifies former Abu Captors |access-date=April 3, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051203025534/http://www.graciaburnham.org/pdf/Article_7-30-04.pdf |archive-date=December 3, 2005 }}</ref> Alhamzer Limbong was later killed in a [[Prison riot|prison uprising]].<ref>"[http://www.graciaburnham.org/index.asp?sec=3_1 Philippines Brace for Retaliation] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100509081455/http://www.graciaburnham.org/index.asp?sec=3_1 |date=9 May 2010 }}" March 15, 2005, Associated Press.</ref> Burnham claimed that Philippine military officials were colluding with her captors, saying that the Armed Forces of the Philippines "didn't pursue us&nbsp;... As time went on, we noticed that they never pursued us".<ref>{{Cite book |last=Gracia |first=Burnham |url=http://worldcat.org/oclc/911195836 |title=In the presence of my enemies |date=February 27, 2012 |publisher=Tyndale House Publishers |isbn=978-1-4143-5863-5 |oclc=911195836}}</ref>

=====2007 Father Bossi kidnapping=====
On June 10, 2007, Italian priest Reverend Giancarlo Bossi was kidnapped near [[Pagadian]], capital of [[Zamboanga del Sur]] Province in the southern Philippines. [[Pope Benedict XVI]] made an appeal to free him. Bossi was released on July 19, 2007, at Karumatan, a Muslim town in [[Lanao del Norte]] Province, allegedly after the payment of ransom. Father Bossi died in Italy on September 23, 2012.<ref>{{cite news |last=Conde |first=Carlos H. |date=July 20, 2007 |title=Kidnapped Italian priest is freed in Philippines |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/20/world/europe/20iht-phils.1.6746806.html |access-date=February 4, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/news/nation/275293/italian-priest-giancarlo-bossi-former-kidnap-victim-in-mindanao-dies/story/|title=Italian priest Giancarlo Bossi, former kidnap victim in Mindanao, dies|work=GMA online|date=September 24, 2012|access-date=February 4, 2018}}</ref>

In December 2020, Samad Awang, alias Ahmad Jamal, of the Abdussalam kidnap-for-ransom group was killed in a firefight with government troops in Zamboanga City. Awang was reportedly involved in the kidnapping of Italian missionary Fr. Giancarlo Bossi in 2007, businessman Joel Endino in 2011, and teacher Kathy Kasipong in 2013.<ref>{{cite news |last=Reyes |first=Victor |date=December 11, 2020 |title=Sub-leader of kidnap group linked to Abu killed in Zambo |work=Malaya Business Insight |url=https://malaya.com.ph/index.php/news_news/sub-leader-of-kidnap-group-linked-to-abu-killed-in-zambo/ |access-date=December 11, 2020 |archive-date=December 11, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201211050355/https://malaya.com.ph/index.php/news_news/sub-leader-of-kidnap-group-linked-to-abu-killed-in-zambo/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

=====2009 Red Cross kidnapping=====
On January 15, 2009, Abu Sayyaf kidnapped [[International Committee of the Red Cross]] (ICRC) delegates in [[Patikul, Sulu|Patikul]], Sulu Province, Philippines. Three ICRC workers had finished conducting fieldwork in Sulu province, located in the southwest of the country when they were abducted by an unknown group, later confirmed as [[Albader Parad]]'s group.<ref>{{cite news |first=Julie |last=Alipala |title=3 Red Cross kidnap victims alive, safe |date=January 17, 2009 |access-date=March 31, 2009 |url=http://www.inquirer.net/specialreports/redcrossabduction/view.php?db=1&article=20090117-183958 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120829223037/http://www.inquirer.net/specialreports/redcrossabduction/view.php?db=1&article=20090117-183958 |archive-date=August 29, 2012 }}</ref> All three were eventually released. According to a CNN story, Parad was reportedly killed, along with five other militants, in an assault by Philippine marines in Sulu province on Sunday, February 21, 2010.

=====2009 Irish priest kidnapping=====
On October 11, 2009, Irish Catholic missionary Michael Sinnott, aged 79, from [[Barntown]] [[County Wexford]] was kidnapped from a gated compound in [[Pagadian]], the capital of [[Zamboanga del Sur]] province, suspected to be part of ASG and some renegade members of MILF. Six kidnappers forced the priest into a mini-van and drove towards Sta. Lucia (district), where they transferred to a boat. Sinnott had a heart condition and was without medication when abducted. In early November, a demand for $US2&nbsp;million ransom was made. On November 11, 2009, Father Sinnott was released in [[Zamboanga City]]. The Department of Foreign Affairs (Ireland) claimed that no ransom was paid by the Irish Government.<ref>{{cite news |last=See |first=Aie Balagtas |date=October 12, 2009 |title=Gunmen seize Irish priest in Pagadian City |work=GMA Online |url=http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/news/regions/174394/gunmen-seize-irish-priest-in-pagadian-city/story/ |access-date=February 4, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/nov/11/kidnapped-priest-michael-sinnott-freed|title=Kidnapped Irish priest Michael Sinnott freed in Philippines|work=The Guardian|date=November 12, 2009|access-date=February 4, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Uy |first=Jocelyn R. |date=July 19, 2012 |title=Irish priest who survived kidnapping by Abu Sayyaf returning to native land |newspaper=Philippine Daily Inquirer |url=http://globalnation.inquirer.net/44787/irish-priest-who-survived-kidnapping-by-abu-sayyaf-returning-to-native-land |access-date=February 4, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.rte.ie/news/2009/1111/124112-sinnottm/|title=Fr Michael Sinnott freed|publisher=Raidió Teilifís Éireann|date=November 12, 2009|access-date=February 4, 2018}}</ref>

=====2010 Japanese treasure hunter=====
On July 16, 2010, Japanese national Toshio Ito was kidnapped from [[Pangutaran, Sulu]]. At one point, the Philippine police believed the "treasure hunter", a Muslim convert also known by his Muslim name Mamaito Katayama, was acting as a cook for Abu Sayyaf; however, this was disputed by other nations, including the United States, which included him on its list of kidnap victims. A classified document obtained by [[Rappler]] lists Ito first, saying he was held captive by Abu Sayyaf's most senior leader, Radullan Sahiron, in Langpas, [[Indanan, Sulu]] early in 2013.<ref>{{cite news |last=Ressa |first=Maria Angelita |author-link=Maria Ressa |date=August 22, 2013 |title=The men Rodwell leaves behind with the Abu Sayyaf |work=Rappler |url=https://www.rappler.com/thought-leaders/24580-the-men-rodwell-leaves-behind-with-the-abu-sayyaf |access-date=February 4, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Alipala |first=Julie S. |date=March 21, 2012 |title=Japanese still a hostage, not Abu Sayyaf cook, academics say |work=Inquirer Mindanao |url=http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/165123/japanese-still-a-hostage-not-abu-sayyaf-cook-academics-say |access-date=February 4, 2018}}</ref>

=====2011 Malaysian gecko trader=====
On May 8, 2011, Malaysian [[gecko]] trader Mohammad Nasauddin Bin Saidin was kidnapped while hunting for gecko (tuko) in [[Indanan, Sulu]]. Saidin was freed on May 12, 2012.<ref>{{cite news |last=Vargas |first=Anthony |date=May 18, 2012 |title=Kidnapped Malaysian gecko trader freed in Sulu village |work=[[The Manila Times]] |url=https://www.pressreader.com/philippines/manila-times/20120518/281698316783318 |access-date=February 4, 2018 |via=PressReader}}</ref>

=====2011 Indian national kidnapping=====
On June 22, 2011, Indian national Biju Kolara Veetil was captured by four armed men while visiting his wife's relatives on the island of [[Jolo]]. A$10&nbsp;million ransom was demanded. Veetil later denied that he was released in August 2012 because he had converted to Islam during captivity.<ref>{{cite news|url= http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/17453/indian-man-kidnapped-in-philippines%E2%80%94police|title=Indian man kidnapped in Philippines—police|newspaper=Philippine Daily Inquirer|date=June 23, 2011|access-date=February 8, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Karun |first=Shenoy |date=August 12, 2012 |title=Escaped Biju Kolara Veetil recounts Philippines horror |newspaper=[[The Times of India]] |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kochi/Escaped-Biju-Kolara-Veetil-recounts-Philippines-horror/articleshow/15453267.cms |access-date=February 8, 2018}}</ref>

=====Warren Rodwell=====
[[File:Warren R Rodwell.jpg|thumb|right|Survivor Warren Rodwell (2010) prior to abduction by Abu Sayyaf]]
Warren Richard Rodwell, a former [[Australian Army]] soldier and university English teacher,<ref>{{Cite book |last=East |first=Bob |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/897070716 |title=472 days captive of the Abu Sayyaf : the survival of Australian Warren Rodwell |date=2015 |publisher=Cambridge Scholars Publishing |isbn=978-1-4438-7171-6 |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |oclc=897070716}}</ref> was shot through the right hand when seized<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/24/world/asia/kidnapped-australian-is-freed-in-southern-philippines.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220101/https://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/24/world/asia/kidnapped-australian-is-freed-in-southern-philippines.html |archive-date=January 1, 2022 |url-access=limited|work=The New York Times |first=Floyd | last=Whaley |title=Kidnapped Australian Is Freed in Southern Philippines|date=March 23, 2013}}{{cbignore}}</ref> from his home at Ipil, [[Zamboanga Sibugay]] on the island of [[Mindanao]] in the southern Philippines on December 5, 2011<ref>{{Cite news |last=Sommer |first=Belinda |date=2014-08-17 |title=Hostage survivor sheds light on 472-day ordeal |language=en-AU |work=ABC News |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-08-17/hostage-survivor-sheds-light-on-472-day-ordeal/5675142 |access-date=2023-03-26}}</ref> by ASG militants.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-21908572|title=Abu Sayyaf release Australian hostage Warren Rodwell|work=BBC News|access-date=November 13, 2014|date=March 23, 2013}}</ref> Rodwell later had to have a finger amputated.<ref>{{cite news |last=Rodwell |first=Warren |date=October 11, 2014 |title=Warren Rodwell tells of how he survived as a hostage in the Philippines – News Corp Online |work=News.com.au Online |editor-last=Shorten |editor-first=Kristin |url=http://www.news.com.au/national/warren-rodwell-tells-of-how-he-survived-as-a-hostage-in-the-philippines/story-fncynjr2-1227086662367 |access-date=December 23, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141118144106/http://www.news.com.au/national/warren-rodwell-tells-of-how-he-survived-as-a-hostage-in-the-philippines/story-fncynjr2-1227086662367 |archive-date=November 18, 2014}}</ref> ASG threatened to behead Rodwell<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/national/hours-from-being-beheaded-hostage-warren-rodwell-is-coming-home-to-australia/story-fncvk70o-1226604508704|title=Hours from being beheaded, hostage Warren Rodwell is coming home to Australia|work=The Daily Telegraph March 24, 2013|access-date=February 26, 2015}}</ref> if their $US2&nbsp;million ransom demand was not met.<ref>[[Portal:Current events/2012 January 5]]</ref> Both the Australian and Philippine governments had strict policies against paying ransoms.<ref>{{cite web |last=Alipala |first=Julie S. |date=March 24, 2013 |title=Abu Sayyaf bandits free Aussie for P7M |url=http://globalnation.inquirer.net/69947/abu-sayyaf-bandits-free-aussie-for-p7m/ |access-date=February 24, 2015 |work=Global Nation Inquirer March 24, 2013}}</ref> Australia formed a multi-agency task force to liaise with Rodwell's family and assist Philippine authorities.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Murdoch |first1=Lindsay |last2=Jacinto |first2=Al |title=Kidnappers send photos showing Rodwell still alive |work=Sydney Morning Herald January 3, 2012 |url=http://www.smh.com.au/national/kidnappers-send-photos-showing-rodwell-still-alive-20120102-1pieg.html |access-date=February 24, 2015}}</ref> A news blackout was imposed.<ref>{{cite news |last=Murdoch |first=Lindsay |date=December 12, 2011 |title=Kidnap blackout unwise: expert |work=Sydney Morning Herald December 12, 2011 |url=http://www.smh.com.au/national/kidnap-blackout-unwise-expert-20111211-1oprq.html |url-status=live |url-access=registration |access-date=February 24, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220801140317/https://www.smh.com.au/national/kidnap-blackout-unwise-expert-20111211-1oprq.html |archive-date=1 August 2022}}</ref> Filipino politicians helped negotiate the release.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last1=Murdoch |first1=Lindsay |last2=Jacinto |first2=Al |date=2013-03-22 |title=Kidnapped Australian Warren Rodwell freed by Philippines terrorists after 15 months |url=https://www.smh.com.au/world/kidnapped-australian-warren-rodwell-freed-by-philippines-terrorists-after-15-months-20130323-2gm30.html |url-access=registration |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221209140434/https://www.smh.com.au/world/kidnapped-australian-warren-rodwell-freed-by-philippines-terrorists-after-15-months-20130323-2gm30.html |archive-date=9 December 2022 |access-date=2023-03-26 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en}}</ref> After the payment of $AUD94,000<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.news.com.au/national/former-philippines-terrorist-hostage-warren-rodwells-family-joy/story-fncynjr2-1226605491248|title=Freed hostage Warren Rodwell says he is overwhelmed and grateful for support|work=NewsComAu|access-date=July 18, 2015|date=March 26, 2013|archive-date=August 16, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150816200319/http://www.news.com.au/national/former-philippines-terrorist-hostage-warren-rodwells-family-joy/story-fncynjr2-1226605491248}}</ref> for "board and lodging" expenses<ref name=":3" /> by his siblings, Rodwell was released on March 23, 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://video.au.msn.com/watch/video/472-days-in-captivity/x2mfhai?cpkey=d977c3f7-ec0b-4b03-a871-c20bd9b36189%257c%257c%257c%257c|title=Video – msn Australia, with Outlook.com, Skype, and news|publisher=MSN|access-date=November 13, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140826115726/http://video.au.msn.com/watch/video/472-days-in-captivity/x2mfhai?cpkey=d977c3f7-ec0b-4b03-a871-c20bd9b36189%257c%257c%257c%257c|archive-date=August 26, 2014}}</ref>

======Arrests and killings======
On June 16, 2014, suspects Jimmy Nurilla (alias Doc) and Bakrin Haris were arrested. Both reportedly worked under Basilan-based Abu Sayyaf leader Khair Mundos and Furuji Indama.<ref>{{cite news |author=Jocson |first=Liza |date=June 18, 2014 |title=2 suspected Abu Sayyaf men believed to belong to bandits' notorious faction |newspaper=Philippine Daily Inquirer |url=http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/612248/2-suspected-abu-sayyaf-men-believed-to-belong-to-bandits-notorious-faction |access-date=April 29, 2017}}</ref> Authorities believed Nurilla and Haris took part in the Rodwell kidnapping, as well as the separate abduction of US citizen Gerfa Yeatts Lunsman and her son Kevin in 2012. In January 2015, ''[[Mindanao Examiner]]'' newspaper reported the arrest of Barahama Ali<ref name="smh.com.au">{{Cite web |last1=Jacinto |first1=Al |last2=Murdoch |first2=Lindsay |date=2011-12-15 |title=Officials seek negotiator for talks with kidnappers |url=https://www.smh.com.au/world/officials-seek-negotiator-for-talks-with-kidnappers-20111215-1owyq.html |access-date=2023-03-26 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en}}</ref> kidnap gang sub-leaders linked to the kidnapping of Rodwell, who was seized by at least 5 gunmen (disguised as policemen), and eventually handed over or sold by the kidnappers to the Abu Sayyaf in Basilan province.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mindanaoexaminer.com/news.php?news_id=20150116224746|title=Mindanao Examiner – Warren Rodwell kidnapper arrested in Zamboanga province|access-date=January 20, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150119165413/http://www.mindanaoexaminer.com/news.php?news_id=20150116224746|archive-date=January 19, 2015}}</ref>

In May 2015, ex-[[Philippine National Police]] (PNP) officer Jun A. Malban, alias Michael Zoo,<ref name=":4">{{cite news |last=Jacinto |first=Al |date=August 21, 2016 |title=Kidnap leader arrested in Zamboanga Sibugay |newspaper=The Manila Times |url=http://www.manilatimes.net/kidnap-leader-arrested-in-zamboanga-sibugay/281241/ |access-date=February 4, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180120065738/http://www.manilatimes.net/kidnap-leader-arrested-in-zamboanga-sibugay/281241/ |archive-date=January 20, 2018}}</ref> was arrested in [[Kota Kinabalu]], [[Malaysia]], for the crime of "Kidnapping for Ransom" after Rodwell identified him as the negotiator/spokesperson. Further PNP investigation revealed that Malban is the cousin of Abu Sayyaf leaders Khair and Borhan Mundos (both of whom were arrested in 2014).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/nation/regions/04/17/15/nbi-files-charges-vs-abu-bandits-gensan-bombing|title=Media Release: NBI files charges vs Abu bandits for Gensan bombing|publisher=ABS-CBN News|date=April 17, 2015|access-date=August 16, 2015}}</ref> The director of the Anti-Kidnapping Group (AKG) stated that Malban's arrest resulted from close co-ordination by the PNP, [[National Bureau of Investigation (Philippines)]] and Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission with the Malaysian counterparts and through [[Interpol]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pnp.gov.ph/portal/index.php/press-news-releases/more-media-news/39-national-headquarters/2615-ex-cop-arrested-in-malaysia-for-kidnapping-of-australian-national|title=Media Release: EX-COP ARRESTED IN MALAYSIA FOR KIDNAPPING OF AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL|publisher=PNP-AKG Press Release|date=May 18, 2015|access-date=May 19, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150713201705/http://pnp.gov.ph/portal/index.php/press-news-releases/more-media-news/39-national-headquarters/2615-ex-cop-arrested-in-malaysia-for-kidnapping-of-australian-national|archive-date=July 13, 2015}}</ref> In January 2018, Rodwell attended a court hearing for Malban and others in [[Ipil, Zamboanga Sibugay]], pursuant to a Supreme Court petition to transfer his case for security reasons to a court in either [[Manila]] or [[Zamboanga City]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/961363/australian-kidnap-victim-seeks-case-transfer|title=Australian kidnap victim seeks case transfer|newspaper=Philippine Daily Inquirer|access-date=January 19, 2018}}</ref>

In August 2015, Edeliza Sumbahon Ulep,<ref>{{cite web |last=Abastillas |first=Allen |date=August 14, 2015 |title=Suspect in 2012 Aussie kidnapping in Ipil nabbed |url=http://www.zamboangatimes.ph/top-news/15773-suspect-in-2012-aussie-kidnapping-in-ipil-nabbed.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150903183346/http://www.zamboangatimes.ph/top-news/15773-suspect-in-2012-aussie-kidnapping-in-ipil-nabbed.html |archive-date=3 September 2015 |access-date=August 16, 2015 |newspaper=Zamboanga Times}}</ref> alias Gina Perez, was arrested at [[Trento, Agusan del Sur]] during a joint manhunt operation by police and military units. Ulep was tagged as the ransom courier in the kidnapping.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sunstar.com.ph/zamboanga/local-news/2015/08/13/abu-sayyafs-ransom-courier-falls-424436|title=Abu Sayyafs' ransom courier falls|publisher=Sun Star Zamboanga|date=August 13, 2015|access-date=August 16, 2015|archive-date=August 15, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150815213238/http://www.sunstar.com.ph/zamboanga/local-news/2015/08/13/abu-sayyafs-ransom-courier-falls-424436|url-status=dead}}</ref> In August 2016, ''[[The Manila Times]]'' reported the arrest of the kidnap-for-ransom group of Barahama Alih sub-leader, Hasim Calon alias Husien (also a notorious drug dealer), in his hideout in Tenan village in Ipil town. Hasim Calon was involved in Rodwell's abduction. Earlier in 2016, police forces killed Waning Abdulsalam, a former MILF leader, in the village of Singkilon. Abdulsalam was one of the most wanted criminals in the southern Philippines and connected to ASG. He was linked to the kidnappings of Rodwell in 2011, Irish missionary Michael Sinnott in 2009 in Pagadian City, and Italian Catholic priest Giancarlo Bossi in Zamboanga del Sur's Payao town in 2007.<ref name=":4" /> In March 2019, combined security forces of the 44th Infantry Battalion, Philippine National Police, Philippine Drugs Enforcement Agency, National Bureau of Investigation and Philippine Coast Guard arrested five members (Benhazer Anduhol, Solaiman Calonof, Nicanel Maningo, Jay-ar Abba Quartocruz and Hashim Lucas Samdani) of Barahama Alih criminal gang during drug operations with warrants in Barangay Tenan of Ipil town, Zamboanga Sibugay. Military sources allege Barahama Alih Group was responsible for a number of kidnapping incidents in previous years including the abduction of Australian national Warren Rodwell, Italian priest Giancarlo Bossi, and some local Filipinos.<ref>{{cite news |last=Pareño |first=Roel |date=March 14, 2019 |title=5 members of notorious crime group nabbed in Zamboanga Sibugay |newspaper=PhilStar Global |url=https://www.philstar.com/nation/2019/03/14/1901465/5-members-notorious-crime-group-nabbed-zamboanga-sibugay |access-date=July 3, 2019}}</ref>

In February 2018, Abu Sayyaf sub-commander Nurhassan Jamiri was reported by Malaysia regional intelligence sources as one of three gunmen killed in a gunfight with police in [[Sabah]]. Jamiri was atop the Philippines' most wanted list and implicated in dozens of ransom kidnappings including Rodwell.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/abu-sayyaf-leader-shot-dead-in-sabah-report|title=Abu Sayyaf leader shot dead in Sabah: Report|newspaper=[[The Straits Times]]|date=March 1, 2018|access-date=March 2, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://mindanaoexaminer.com/notorious-sayyaf-leader-who-escaped-basilan-is-slain-in-sabah-clash/|title=Notorious Sayyaf leader who escaped Basilan is slain in Sabah clash|publisher=Mindanao Examiner|date=March 1, 2018|access-date=March 2, 2018|archive-date=June 13, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180613160450/https://mindanaoexaminer.com/notorious-sayyaf-leader-who-escaped-basilan-is-slain-in-sabah-clash/|url-status=dead}}</ref> In March 2018, Jamiri turned up alive when he and thirteen followers surrendered to authorities in Basilan. Over the preceding two years, many Abu Sayyaf bandits had surrendered to authorities in Basilan, Sulu, and Tawi-Tawi. More were expected to yield because of the regional government's Program Against Violence and Extremism (PAVE), designed to provide opportunities and interventions, including psychosocial sessions, medical check-ups, introduction to farming systems, and expository tours outside the island provinces to facilitate the reintegration of former combatants into society.<ref>{{cite news |last=Jacinto |first=Al |date=March 29, 2018 |title='Killed' Sayyaf leader surrenders in Basilan |newspaper=The Manila Times |url=http://www.manilatimes.net/killed-sayyaf-leader-surrenders-in-basilan/389139// |access-date=April 13, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180414092133/http://www.manilatimes.net/killed-sayyaf-leader-surrenders-in-basilan/389139/ |archive-date=April 14, 2018}}</ref> In April 2018, Rodwell lauded the surrenders and reintegration program, but said he would not interfere with the legal processing of any charges already filed against anyone involved with his own kidnapping.<ref>{{cite news |last=Alipala |first=Julie |date=April 4, 2018 |title=Talk to Abu Sayyaf, Australian kidnap victim urges gov't |newspaper=Philippine Daily Inquirer |url=http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/979893/talk-to-abu-sayyaf-australian-kidnap-victim-urges-govt |access-date=April 13, 2018}}</ref>

In June 2020, ''[[Philippine Daily Inquirer|Inquirer]]'' newspaper reported the killing of Mamay Aburi by government troops in [[Titay, Zamboanga Sibugay]] after authorities attended to serve a warrant of arrest. Aburi was allegedly a subleader of a kidnap-for-ransom group and had been linked with the Abu Sayyaf Group based in Sulu. The provincial director of the [[Criminal Investigation and Detection Group]] (CIDG) said Aburi was involved in the 2011 kidnapping of Australian national Warren Rodwell and the 2019 abduction of the Hyrons couple in [[Tukuran, Zamboanga del Sur]].<ref name="smh.com.au"/> In February 2021, ''The Manila Times'' reported that Abu Sayyaf subleader Arrasid Halissam was shot dead when he opened fire on police serving a warrant on him in the village of Santa Maria, Zamboanga City. Halissam was linked to numerous kidnappings such as Australian adventurer Warren Rodwell, Americans Gerfa Lunsmann and son Kevin, Chinese Yuan Lin Kai and Jian Luo, South Korean Nwi Seong Hong, and almost a dozen Filipinos. Halissam was also allegedly involved in the 2015 bombing in Zamboanga that killed two people and injured over fifty others.<ref>{{cite news |last=Jacinto |first=Al |date=February 3, 2021 |title=Abu Sayyaf subleader killed in Zamboanga clash |newspaper=The Manila Times |url=https://www.manilatimes.net/2021/02/03/news/regions/abu-sayyaf-subleader-killed-in-zamboanga-clash/836237/ |access-date=February 3, 2021 |archive-date=February 7, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210207133151/https://www.manilatimes.net/2021/02/03/news/regions/abu-sayyaf-subleader-killed-in-zamboanga-clash/836237/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

=====2012 European bird watchers=====
On February 1, 2012, two European bird watchers were seized on Tawi Tawi island. Swiss Lorenzo Vinciguerra escaped in December 2014 as government troops attacked the jungle camp where he was captive on the island of Jolo. Vinciguerra was shot by rebels as he escaped; however, his injuries were non-life-threatening.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-30358073|title=Swiss hostages escapes Abu Sayyaf captors in Philippines|work=BBC News|date=December 6, 2014|access-date=January 29, 2018}}</ref> Dutch captive Ewold Horn was reportedly unable to escape. The whereabouts of Horn remained unknown.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hunt |first=Luke |date=20 September 2016 |title=Philippine Militancy in the Spotlight with Freed Norwegian Hostage |url=https://thediplomat.com/2016/09/philippine-militancy-in-the-spotlight-with-freed-norwegian-hostage/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160921000222/https://thediplomat.com/2016/09/philippine-militancy-in-the-spotlight-with-freed-norwegian-hostage/ |archive-date=21 September 2016 |access-date=2023-03-26 |website=thediplomat.com |language=en-US}}</ref> On May 31, 2019, Western Mindanao Command confirmed that Horn was shot dead during a clash with military in Patikul, Sulu. Additionally, the military advised that the wife of ASG leader Radulan Sahiron and five other ASG members were also killed.<ref>{{cite news |last=Alipala |first=Julie |date=May 31, 2019 |title=Kidnapped Dutch Ewold Horn dead in Sulu clash |url=https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1125422/kidnapped-dutch-ewold-horn-dead-in-sulu-clash |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190531070840/https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1125422/kidnapped-dutch-ewold-horn-dead-in-sulu-clash |archive-date=May 31, 2019 |access-date=May 31, 2019 |newspaper=Philippine Daily Inquirer }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/05/dutch-hostage-held-philippines-killed-gun-battle-190531135208985.html|title=Dutch hostage held in Philippines killed in gun battle|publisher=Al Jazeera|date=June 1, 2019|access-date=June 2, 2019}}</ref>

=====2012 Mayor Jeffrey Lim Kidnapping=====
On April 2, 2012, Mayor Jeffrey Lim of [[Salug, Zamboanga del Norte]] was kidnapped by ten armed men disguised as policemen. Lim was reportedly handed over to Abu Sayyaf. On November 6, he was freed near [[Zamboanga City]] after payment of P1.3M ($US25,000) ransom. On August 9, 2013, a Mindanao Pagadian Frontline report named a "Sehar Muloc" aka "Red Eye" as a suspect in the 2012 kidnapping of Mayor Jeffrey Lim.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.mindanews.com/top-stories/2015/10/suspect-in-dipolog-kidnapping-was-nabbed-in-2013-for-kidnapping/|title=Suspect in Dipolog kidnapping was nabbed in 2013 for kidnapping|publisher=MindaNews|date=October 11, 2015|access-date=February 8, 2018|archive-date=July 9, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170709061421/http://www.mindanews.com/top-stories/2015/10/suspect-in-dipolog-kidnapping-was-nabbed-in-2013-for-kidnapping/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Alipala |first=Julie S. |date=November 6, 2012 |title=Town mayor from Zamboanga del Norte freed after P1.3M ransom |newspaper=Philippine Daily Inquirer |url=http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/302446/town-mayor-from-zamboanga-del-norte-freed-after-p1-3m-ransom |access-date=February 8, 2018}}</ref> Abner Gumandol, alias Sehar Muloc and Red Eye, was said to be the leader of a criminal syndicate called the Muloc Group. Gumandol was arrested on June 12, 2016.<ref>{{cite web |last=Pareño |first=Roel |date=June 13, 2016 |title=Suspect in ex-priest's kidnap falls |url=http://www.philstar.com:8080/nation/2016/06/13/1592224/suspect-ex-priests-kidnap-falls |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180208064030/http://www.philstar.com:8080/nation/2016/06/13/1592224/suspect-ex-priests-kidnap-falls |archive-date=February 8, 2018 |access-date=February 8, 2018 |work=The Star}}</ref>

=====2014 Kabasalan ZSP kidnapping=====
On September 11, 2014, Chinese national Li Pei Zhei was abducted by four gunmen in [[Kabasalan, Zamboanga Sibugay]] and taken to Basilan. He was released in Sitio Lugay-Lugay, Barangay Naga-Naga, [[Alicia, Zamboanga Sibugay]] on November 5, 2014.<ref>{{cite web |last=Samuddin |first=Dahlan |date=November 6, 2014 |title=CHINESE KIDNAP VICTIM FREED IN SIBUGAY |url=http://pro9.pnp.gov.ph/index.php/public-relations/news-release/485-chinese-kidnap-victim-freed-in-sibugay |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180202193243/http://pro9.pnp.gov.ph/index.php/public-relations/news-release/485-chinese-kidnap-victim-freed-in-sibugay |archive-date=February 2, 2018 |access-date=February 2, 2018 |publisher=Philippine National Police}}</ref> Police subsequently charged Ibni Basaludin, Yug Enriquez, Brahama Ali, and Ging-Ging Calon, all residents of Barangay Tenan, [[Ipil, Zamboanga Sibugay]] with kidnapping with serious illegal detention.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mindanews.com/top-stories/2014/11/4-charged-for-chinese-businessmans-kidnap-in-zambo-sibugay/|title=4 charged for Chinese businessman's kidnap in Zambo Sibugay|publisher=MindaNews|date=November 7, 2014|access-date=February 2, 2018|archive-date=September 27, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200927195647/https://www.mindanews.com/top-stories/2014/11/4-charged-for-chinese-businessmans-kidnap-in-zambo-sibugay/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

=====2015 Roseller Lim ZSP kidnapping=====
On January 24, 2015, Korean national Nwi Seong Hong was abducted by armed men in [[Roseller Lim, Zamboanga Sibugay]] Province. The victim's son, Abby, escaped after he fought off the kidnappers.<ref>{{cite news |last=Pareño |first=Roel |date=November 2, 2015 |title=Kidnapped Korean found dead in Sulu |work=The Philippine Star |url=http://www.philstar.com/headlines/2015/11/02/1517439/kidnapped-korean-found-dead-sulu |access-date=January 30, 2018}}</ref> According to intelligence information from the JTG-SULU, the captors of were Algabsy Misaya, Idang Susukan, Alden Bagade and Mohammad Salud alias Ama Maas, Indanan-based members led by sub-leaders Isang Susukan and Anga Adji.<ref name="The Philippine Examiner">{{cite web |last=Hapas |first=Anne T. |date=November 2015 |title=Korean kidnap victim found dead in Jolo |url=http://philexaminer.com/?p=2089 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151119022108/http://philexaminer.com/?p=2089 |archive-date=November 19, 2015 |access-date=November 18, 2015 |work=The Philippine Examiner}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.rappler.com/nation/111350-korean-victim-nwi-seong-hong-found-dead|title=Korean kidnap victim found dead in Sulu|work=Rappler|access-date=January 30, 2018|date=November 1, 2015}}</ref> On October 31, 2015, the body of 74-year-old Nwi Seong Hong was found in Barangay Bangkal, [[Patikul, Sulu]]. Investigators said the victim died due to severe illness.<ref name="The Philippine Examiner"/>

=====2015 Samal Island kidnappings=====
[[File:Rodrigo Duterte welcomes Kjartan Sekkingstad.jpg|thumb|Kjartan Sekkingstad (left), one of the people kidnapped by the ASG in Samal Island in 2015, meets with President [[Rodrigo Duterte]] (right) after his release from ASG captivity.]]
On September 21, 2015, Canadians [[Robert Hall (Canadian businessman)|Robert Hall]] and [[John Ridsdel]], as well as Norwegian Kjartan Sekkingstad, and (Hall's girlfriend) Marites Flor; a Filipino woman, were abducted on Samal Island near Davao.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/sep/22/gunmen-abduct-two-canadian-tourists-from-southern-philippines-resort|title=Canadian tourists among four abducted by gunmen at Philippines resort|agency=Reuters|work=The Guardian|date=September 22, 2015|access-date=September 22, 2016}}</ref> Ridsdel was beheaded by Abu Sayyaf on April 25, 2016, following a ransom deadline.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/hostage-philippines-ridsdel-militants-1.3551416|title=Family devastated after John Ridsdel killed by captors in Philippine|publisher=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|date=April 25, 2016|access-date=April 25, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=Dehaas |first=Josh |date=April 25, 2016 |title=PM 'outraged' by killing of Canadian in Philippines |url=http://www.ctvnews.ca/world/pm-outraged-by-killing-of-canadian-in-philippines-1.2873288 |access-date=April 25, 2016 |publisher=CTV News}}</ref> ASG reportedly demanded more than $8.1&nbsp;million for Ridsdel and the others.<ref>{{cite news |last=Lilley |first=Brian |date=April 26, 2016 |title=Canadian government was 'very directly involved' helping John Ridsdel's family: Bob Rae |newspaper=National Post |url=http://news.nationalpost.com/news/canada/canadian-government-was-very-directly-involved-in-negotiating-for-john-ridsdel-bob-rae-says |access-date=July 30, 2016}}</ref>

On May 3, 2016, a video of the Ridsdel execution was released, along with new demands for the remaining hostages.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.zerocensorship.com/t/uncensored-philippines-news/261818-isis-affiliate-abu-sayyaf-beheading-execution-of-canadian-john-ridsdel-in-the-philippines-video|title=WATCH: ISIS Pledged Terror Group Abu Sayyaf Beheading Execution Of Canadian Hostage John Ridsdel – Video|publisher=Zero Censorship|access-date=July 30, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160506191600/http://www.zerocensorship.com/t/uncensored-philippines-news/261818-isis-affiliate-abu-sayyaf-beheading-execution-of-canadian-john-ridsdel-in-the-philippines-video|archive-date=May 6, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2016/05/03/terror-group-releases-video-of-canadian-hostage-s-beheading-in-the-philippines_n_9828928.html|title=John Ridsdel Death: Militants Release Video Of Canadian Hostage's Beheading In Philippines|agency=The Canadian Press|work=HuffPost|date=May 3, 2016|access-date=May 3, 2016|archive-date=May 6, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160506023109/http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2016/05/03/terror-group-releases-video-of-canadian-hostage-s-beheading-in-the-philippines_n_9828928.html}}</ref> A masked captor said, "Note to the Philippine government and to the Canadian government: The lesson is clear. John Ridsdel has been beheaded. Now there are three remaining captives here. If you procrastinate once again the negotiations, we will behead this all anytime".<ref>{{cite news |last=Lilley |first=Brian |date=May 3, 2016 |title='We will behead this all anytime': Full transcript of new Abu Sayyaf video showing three hostages |newspaper=National Post |url=http://news.nationalpost.com/news/world/we-will-behead-this-all-anytime-full-transcript-of-new-abu-sayyaf-video-showing-three-hostages |access-date=July 30, 2016}}</ref>

On May 15, Hall appeared in a new video, announcing that he and Norwegian Kjartan Sekkingstad would be decapitated at 3&nbsp;pm on Monday June 13 absent a ransom of $16&nbsp;million. Both hostages wore orange coveralls, similar to hostages in videos produced by [[ISIL|IS]], to which Abu Sayyaf had previously pledged allegiance.<ref>{{cite news |last=Lilley |first=Brian |date=May 16, 2016 |title=Canadian hostage dies on June 13 unless $16&nbsp;million ransom paid, says Filipino terrorist group Abu Sayyaf |newspaper=National Post |url=http://news.nationalpost.com/news/canada/canadian-hostage-dies-on-june-13-unless-16-million-ransom-paid-filipino-terrorist-group-abu-sayyaf-says |access-date=July 30, 2016}}</ref> The deadline passed. Hall was beheaded.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-06-14/canada-government-believes-abu-sayyaf-hostage-has-been-killed/7507028|title=Philippines confirms execution of Canadian hostage Robert Hall by Abu Sayyaf|work=ABC News|date=June 13, 2016|access-date=July 30, 2016}}</ref>

On June 24, Abu Sayyaf released Filipina Marites Flor. She was subsequently flown to Davao to meet President-elect Rodrigo Duterte. Duterte said he directed negotiations with the Abu Sayyaf. He did not elaborate.<ref>{{cite web |last=Santos |first=Eimor P. |date=June 24, 2016 |title=Abu Sayyaf frees Filipina hostage |url=http://cnnphilippines.com/regional/2016/06/24/Abu-Sayyaf-frees-Filipina-hostage.html |access-date=July 30, 2016 |work=CNN|archive-date=July 28, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160728060720/http://cnnphilippines.com/regional/2016/06/24/Abu-Sayyaf-frees-Filipina-hostage.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

On September 17, 2016, remaining hostage Norwegian Kjartan Sekkingstad was released on Jolo island. Abu Rami, an ASG spokesman, claimed $638,000 was paid as ransom.<ref name=":1" />

=====2015 Dipolog kidnapping=====
On October 7, 2015, Italian national and pizza restaurant owner Rolando del Torchio was kidnapped in [[Dipolog]], the capital of [[Zamboanga del Norte]]. On April 8, 2016, Del Torchio was released and found at [[Jolo]] port aboard MV KC Beatrice bound for [[Zamboanga City]] after his family paid P29&nbsp;million ($US650,000) in ransom.<ref name="Inquirer.net"/><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-04-09/former-italian-priest-freed-by-aby-sayaf-militants/7313488|title=Abu Sayaf militants release former Italian priest Rolando Del Torchio from captivity in Philippines|work=ABC News Australia|date=April 9, 2016|access-date=February 4, 2018}}</ref>