Trader kidnapped

KABASALAN, Zamboanga Sibugay — Heavily armed men wearing polcie and army uniforms kidnapped a businessman here Sunday evening.

According to initial investigations, the victim, Alejandro Bation, 58, a fishpond operator, was with his two children and a member of his staff when he was kidnapped from his house in Barangay Nazareth.

Six kidnappers dragged the businessman to a mini-wharf where they rode a motorized boat towards Naga and Payao. Police are now conducting a manhunt.