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All 17 were sentenced to death on Aug. 13 for kidnapping nurses from a church-hospital compound in Lamitan, Basilan in June 2001.


Four of them, who remained at large, were sentenced in absentia.


In a statement, State Department spokesman Adam Ereli said his government has lauded the effort of the Philippines in fighting terrorism in the home front.


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It was the first mass conviction of members of the Abu Sayyaf who have been kidnapping and killing Christians and foreigners in Mindanao for a decade. 


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Four of them, who remained at large, were sentenced in absentia.


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US welcomes conviction of 17 Sayyaf bandits

By Marvin Sy | August 18, 2004 - 12:00am

The United States has welcomed the conviction of 17 Abu Sayyaf bandits who kidnapped three Americans and 17 Filipino tourists from a resort off Palawan three years ago. All 17 were sentenced to death on Aug. 13...

Headlines

17 Sayyaf men get death for 2001 Lamitan hospital siege

By Roel Pareño | August 14, 2004 - 12:00am

ISABELA, Basilan — Seventeen members of the al-Qaeda-linked Abu Sayyaf group were sentenced to death yesterday for kidnapping nurses from a hospital in Lamitan, Basilan three years ago. It was the first mass...

Headlines