MANILA: A senior Philippine police official mentioned on Friday (Dec 6) that an American kidnapped within the southern a part of the nation was almost certainly useless, and authorities have been nonetheless looking for these concerned in his abduction.
American Elliot Eastman was kidnapped by 4 unidentified males from his dwelling on October 17 in Mindanao, a southern island devastated in earlier many years by kidnappings for ransom which have since declined.
Police mentioned the abductors shot Eastman as he tried to flee earlier than dragging him onto a ship rushing off the coast of the municipality of Sibuco.
Since then, in November, a suspect has been arrested and police have additionally interviewed a witness.
Both mentioned Eastman had died throughout the boat journey, performing regional police spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Ramoncelio Sawan instructed AFP on Friday.
“This witness is a relative of one of many suspects. One of the suspects instructed (the witness) that the night time they kidnapped Eastman… they seen that he was already useless from gunshot wounds, so that they determined to simply throw his physique into the ocean,” Sawan mentioned.
“Since then we’ve not acquired any ransom demand from his kidnappers. This could possibly be as a result of his loss of life,” he added.
