New kidnappings, jailbreak hit restive Philippine island
JOLO -- Philippine officials say suspected Abu Sayyaf gunmen have abducted four workers in a school in a southern province where President Rodrigo Duterte visited troops waging an offensive against the militants.
Officials say about 20 militants barged into a grade school compound in Sulu province's Patikul town shortly after midnight Saturday and seized six painters and carpenters, one of whom managed to escape and alerted the police. Army troops later rescued another worker.
