(REUTERS) Manila – Five men carrying rifles, pistols and a grenade launcher boarded the tourist boat at sea and ordered others on board – a policeman, a town councilor, and the vessel’s skipper – to jump off, Sadikul Sahali, governor of the southernmost Philippine island of Tawi-Tawi, told reporters.
The gunmen then sped off with their hostages — Dutchman Elwold Horn, 52 and Swiss national Lorenzo Vinciguerra, 47; and their guide, regional police chief Bienvenido Latag said.