MANILA, Jan. 20 (Xinhua) -- Philippine terrorist group Abu Sayyaf have freed two Indonesian men who had been held hostage in the southern Philippines for more than a year, the military said on Saturday.
A military report said the two victims were reportedly freed late Friday in an undisclosed village in Sulu province in the southern Philippines.
The Indonesian hostages, who worked as boat captains of Malaysian fishing boats, were abducted in November 2016 in the waters off Sabah. They were reportedly kept in the remote jungles of Sulu.
"Concerned citizens" then brought the Indonesians to the house of a former Sulu governor around 7:30 p.m. last night in Jolo town, according to the report.
However, the report did not say how exactly the victims were released.
The military said the militants continue to hold a number of hostages in Sulu province.
