Gunmen abducted the son of a bank employee in the southern Philippines Tuesday, but government forces rescued the 7-year-old and killed one of two kidnappers hours later, officials said.
It was the latest in a wave of kidnappings for ransom, mostly by al-Qaida-linked Abu Sayyaf militants, that has sparked fear and concerns that the tactic may be an effort to revive the small but violent group, which is on a U.S. terrorism blacklist.
Two gunmen snatched Anderson Fortico at noon while he was on his way to school in Isabela city on Basilan Island. Fortico's sister alerted their father and authorities, provincial Vice Governor Al Rasheed Sakkalahul said.
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