Rolando Del Torchio

Police said today they have identified a local criminal gang as behind the abduction of an an Italian restaurant owner and retired priest in the strife-torn southern Philippines.

Gunmen seized a retired Italian priest in the strife-torn southern Philippines, authorities said Today, the latest abduction blamed on an infamous Islamic militant group that specialises in kidnappings-for-ransom.

Gunmen have seized an Italian restaurant owner and former priest in the southern Philippines, authorities said today, expressing fears he was taken to the island lair of the extremist Abu Sayyaf group.

Police said today they have identified a local criminal gang as behind the abduction of an an Italian restaurant owner and retired priest in the strife-torn southern Philippines.

Gunmen seized a retired Italian priest in the strife-torn southern Philippines, authorities said Today, the latest abduction blamed on an infamous Islamic militant group that specialises in kidnappings-for-ransom.

Gunmen have seized an Italian restaurant owner and former priest in the southern Philippines, authorities said today, expressing fears he was taken to the island lair of the extremist Abu Sayyaf group.