Allan and Wilma Hyrons located in mountainous hinterlands of Sulu province, where they had been taken by an Islamic State-affiliated group
Philippine troops have rescued a British man and his Filipino wife who were abducted by gunmen at a southern beach resort last month and taken to the jungle hideouts of local militants allied with the Islamic State group.
Regional military commander Lt Gen Cirilito Sobejana said troops caught up with the Abu Sayyaf militant captors of Allan Hyrons and his wife, Wilma, in the mountainous hinterlands off Parang town in Sulu province and rescued the couple safely after a brief gunbattle.
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