Elliot Onil Eastman —Picture from Fb submit of Mudzna Ali
PAGADIAN CITY, ZAMBOANGA DEL SUR, Philippines — The municipal authorities of Sibuco in Zamboanga del Norte has provided a P150,000 money reward for anybody who may present info resulting in the whereabouts of kidnapped American Elliot Onil Eastman in addition to the id of his abductors.
Eastman, who was residing within the city along with his Filipina spouse, was kidnapped from his house in Sitio Tungawan, Barangay Poblacion, on Oct. 17.
Sibuco info officer Efraem Alia Roldan mentioned the reward was introduced throughout Monday’s assembly of the native authorities’s disaster administration committee led by Mayor Joel Ventura.
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He mentioned P50,000 could be given to those that may assist to find the “jungkong,” or speedboat, utilized by 4 armed males to flee Sibuco, with Eastman in tow, Roldan mentioned.
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Motive unclear
Ventura hoped that by finding the jungkong, its proprietor may very well be recognized and the opposite items of data very important to fixing the case may very well be revealed, he added.
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Roldan mentioned a further P100,000 can be given “for many who can result in the whereabouts of the kidnapped American citizen.”
The 26-year-old content material creator was taken by armed males who pretended to be legislation enforcers. He was shot within the left leg when he tried to run away from his abductors and was dragged to the ready jungkong that fled to the excessive seas.
Brokers of the US Federal Bureau of Investigation have joined within the seek for Eastman, a local of Vermont whose marriage to a Filipina introduced him to Sibuco about 5 months in the past.
Thus far, there may be dearth of data on the potential whereabouts of Eastman in addition to the motive of the kidnapping since no proof of life and demand from kidnappers have been put ahead.
Brig. Gen. Romeo Juan Macapaz, police director of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Area in Muslim Mindanao, on Sunday mentioned he has ordered all police models within the area to accentuate their intelligence operation amid speculations that the abductors might need taken Eastman to Basilan.
However Basilan Gov. Jim Hataman Salliman, in an announcement on Monday, dominated out such a chance, saying, “Let or not it’s identified that Basilan has been declared freed from Abu Sayyaf militants, subsequently there aren’t any extra Abu Sayyaf or kidnappers within the province.”
He added the island province “is saturated with authorities forces,” together with “our pleasant forces just like the Moro Nationwide Liberation Entrance and Moro Islamic Liberation Entrance.”
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“Nonetheless, we proceed to attraction to the civilian populace of Basilan, particularly the barangay and group leaders, to coordinate with the authorities and report any sighting of suspicious individuals in your localities,” Salliman mentioned. —with a report from Julie M. Aurelio
