Manila, February 06: A Yemeni man working for an Islamic religious group has been kidnapped in the troubled southern Philippines, police said on Friday.
Najibal Udaini, a 30-year-old who works for the World Assembly of Muslim Youth, was held up while travelling on a road near Marawi City on January 29 and forced into another vehicle that drove away.
He had been travelling by car with two other Yemenis and a Filipino driver who all escaped unharmed, according to a police report.
The kidnappers are likely to be bandits seeking a ransom, the report added.
It was unclear why police did not announce the abduction earlier.
–Agencies