Indonesia's foreign ministry has in a statement confirmed the abduction of four seamen by the Abu Sayyaf militant group off the Philippine coast.
The Foreign Ministry issued a statement Saturday that said Abu Sayyaf rebels had hijacked an Indonesian tugboat TB Henry and a barge Cristi at around 6 p.m. local time on Friday in waters bordering Malaysia and the Philippines.
It said both vessels were on their way to Tarakan in North Kalimantan from Cebu, the Philippines.
The foreign ministry said that six of the ten crew members, however, managed to escape. One of them, however, was injured by the gunmen.
Friday's abduction comes a month after 10 Indonesian sailors were kidnapped.
