Abu Sayyaf Promise to Free Filipino Hostage

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Abu Sayyaf Promise to Free Filipino Hostage

A Muslim guerrilla leader in the southern Philippines Thursday promised to free a Filipino nurse the group has held, but made no mention of an American couple who have also been kept hostage.

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A Muslim guerrilla leader in the southern Philippines Thursday promised to free a Filipino nurse the group has held, but made no mention of an American couple who have also been kept hostage.

Abu Sayyaf leader, Abu Sabaya told a local radio station that his group would free nurse Deborah Yap "any time soon".

Yap was a nurse at a hospital in the town of Lamitan on Basilan island when it was attacked by Abu Sayyaf rebels in June last year. She was abducted by the guerrillas and has been held since then.

The group has also been holding American missionary couple Martin and Gracia Burnham since May 27 last year.

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