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Article: Gov't, Abu Sayyaf exchange hostages.(Main News)
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- Manila Bulletin
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- June 18, 2000
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Five of the eight remaining hostages held by the terrorist group Abu Sayyaf in Basilan were released yesterday morning in Sulu in exchange for the freedom of seven family members of Abu Sayyaf leader Khadaffy Janjalani who were abducted by a Christian vigilante group.
Secretary Roberto N. Aventajado, chief government negotiator in the hostage crisis in Sulu, said no money was involved in the prisoner swap.
He said the three remaining hostages still held by the Abu Sayyaf - two schoolteachers from Basilan and a teenage boy from Sulu - will be released soon as part of the prisoner swap.
In a related development, the Abu Sayyaf has agreed to ...