Philippines: Chinese man’s suspected abductors killed, police say

Backed by a SWAT team and intelligence agents, police raided a hideout in Lapu Lapu city after suspects received a partial ransom payment through WeChat
Police recovered 4 pistols, a laptop computer, cellphones and handcuffs from the slain suspects, who may have been involved in past kidnappings of Chinese workers

Philippine police killed four suspected Chinese kidnappers in a gun battle and rescued a Chinese man they had allegedly abducted in a central city, officials said Tuesday.

Backed by a SWAT team and intelligence agents, police raided a hideout in Lapu Lapu city on Monday night after tracking down the suspects, who had received a partial ransom payment through the Chinese smartphone app WeChat, police said.

“Our men were met with gunfire from the suspects, prompting them to retaliate,” said police Brigadier General Rudolph Dimas, who heads the national police’s anti-kidnapping force.

The Chinese victim, identified by police as Lyu Xingou from China’s southeastern province of Fujian, was seized from his house by Chinese-speaking gunmen last Wednesday as he prepared to leave for work in Lapu Lapu city, police said.

Source: https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3179910/philippine-police-say-they-killed-4-suspected-kidnapping