Police rescue university staff, nab 5 kidnap suspects in Zamboanga del Sur

TIGBAO, Zamboanga del Sur, Sept. 17 (PNA) -– The authorities have rescued a university staff and arrested five suspects several minutes after they abducted the victim in the nearby Municipality of Buug, this province, a top police official announced Wednesday.

Local police chief Senior Insp. Norbert Velonza said the victim’s rescue came after coordinated pursuit operations were launched just after incident was reported to them.

Velonza identified the rescued victim as Alnaifa Salipada, 26, an Administrative Aide III at the Mindanao State University (MSU) extension in Buug town.

Velonza said investigation showed the suspects seized the victim while she was at a used clothes shop in Barangay Poblacion, Buug.

The suspects forced her to board an Asian Utility Vehicle (AUV) that sped towards Pagadian City.

The police have immediately set up checkpoints along the highway that led to the rescue of the victim and arrest of the suspects.

 

Velonza said two of the suspects turned out to be a brother and a sister of the victim while the rest are relatives.

Velonza said further investigation showed the suspects abducted Salipada since they are against the victim’s relationship with her boyfriend, who is from Buug town.

Instead, Velonza said they wanted the victim to marry a man her parents have made an arrangement with, in their hometown in Ganasi, Lanao del Sur.

He said it was further learned that the victim was against the parental agreement.

He identified the suspects as Alinor Salipada, 43, and Anisah Salipada, 45, the victim’s sister and brother, respectively; Aliba Sumala, 43; Akrab Tomiyara, 25; and, Amerona Maruhom, 40.

Velonza turned them--victim and suspects--over to the police of Buug town that will handle the case since the incident occurred in that municipality. (PNA)
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