Muslim rebels yesterday freed a Filipina hostage kidnapped almost four months ago as officials said 13 others still held in the southern Philippine jungles could be released tomorrow.
Soaked from pouring rain and sobbing, 35-year-old Lucrecia Dablo stumbled into the arms of chief hostage negotiator Robert Aventajado after she was driven by intermediaries to a military camp on the edge of rebel-held territory on southern Jolo island.
Dablo is the eighth person to be released from the 21 kidnapped by the Abu Sayyaf guerrillas on April 23 from the resort.
Aventajado said the others, as well as a three-member French television crew abducted last month, will be freed starting today.
Jolo Island hostage released
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