Unidentified gunmen have kidnapped two Canadian tourists, a Norwegian resort manager and a Filipino woman from a southern Philippine marina in a region where Islamic extremists are active.
The Philippine authorities set up a naval blockade around Samal island in an effort to prevent the kidnappers from reaching Basilan, a stronghold of the Islamic terror group Abu Sayyaf.
Other foreign and Philippine hostages have been held on Basilan while the militants have negotiated ransoms as they have stepped up their abduction business in recent years.
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