Kidnappers in a lawless part of the Philippines have freed an American woman after more than two months in captivity, but held on to her son and nephew, according to authorities.
Police show US passports of Gerfa Yeatts Lunsmann (L) and her son, Kevin, in Zamboanga City, southern Philippines. Kidnappers in the southern Philippines have freed an the woman after more than two months in captivity, but held on to her son and nephew, according to an official.
Gerfa Yeatts Lunsmann, her 14-year-old son Kevin and her Filipino teenage nephew were abducted on July 12 on a resort island off Zamboanga city, close to other southern islands where a range of Islamist militants are based.
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- Writer: AFP News agency
- Position: Agence France-Presse
