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00:00The police already have a composite sketch regarding the arrest of an American in Zamboanga del Norte.
00:07The persons of interest are being investigated and it is being investigated if they are connected to any group.
00:13Witness, Mackie Polido.
00:19At 11 o'clock in the evening of October 17, an American, Elliot Eastman, was arrested in their house in Cebuco, Zamboanga del Norte.
00:26Based on the initial investigation of the police, four armed men identified the police who entered the house of the 26-year-old victim.
00:35Eastman also tried to escape, but he was shot by the kidnapper in the leg.
00:39He was also dragged to the nearby town of Gagat, where someone is waiting to board a boat.
00:45According to the barangay chairman, Eastman's life in their place is very simple.
00:49He has been staying here in Cebuco for five months. He just vlogs here, he sells his goods, that's all.
01:02I don't see any big jobs. It's just simple.
01:10In a vlog last September, the victim told the story of what happened in his life.
01:15People come in here to tell my family that there's people that want to kidnap me or they're threatening to kidnap me.
01:22I don't really know what would happen if somebody did try to come here and kidnap me, right?
01:28Would the neighbors help me or would they just sit there and watch?
01:31Even last night, I'm scared a little bit. I'm scared.
01:36It's been four days since the kidnapping happened and no ransom has been received.
01:41So for the police, the suspects are just in the area of Zamboanga Del Norte.
01:45Normally, in kidnapping cases involving the group that we're talking about, they don't hurt the kidnappers initially.
01:55But this time, the victim was hurt immediately when he saw and resisted.
02:02And in fact, he was shot. So these are the things that we're considering.
02:07There are persons of interest in this case and they are looking for links to local terrorist groups such as Abu Sayyaf or BIFF.
02:15We have composite artist sketches. When we showed these pictures, even in our rogues gallery, witnesses were identified.
02:26We have the alias so far.
02:28Aside from the four that came in, we were able to find witnesses there.
02:33Although, we still haven't been able to connect which group this is.
02:38And we still have persons of interest from other angles that we can see.
02:43The investigation was also conducted by the agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation of the FBI of America.
02:49They also visited Eastman's family last Saturday and they were able to leave.
02:53According to the PNP, the FBI is not active in the investigation and will only ask for an update from their legal attache.
02:59For GMA Integrated News, Mackie Pulido, your Saksi.
03:53For GMA Integrated News, Mackie Pulido, your Saksi.
04:23For GMA Integrated News, Mackie Pulido, your Saksi.