Three kidnapped by Filipino gunmen

GUNMEN in the Philippines have kidnapped three more people, raising renewed fears for the safety of abducted Irish priest Fr Michael Sinnott.

About 20 gunmen believed to be members of the outlawed Abu Sayyaf Group raided a plywood factory at dawn yesterday, taking three workers captive.

The latest kidnappings, a day after the same group beheaded a school principal they abducted last month, took place in Maluso town in the province of Basilan.