College student on his way to meet ‘textmate’ abducted in Sulu

A college student who was on his way to meet a person he exchanged text messages with was kidnapped by still unidentified men in Sulu on Thursday afternoon, a police official said Friday. Kenn Klefford Lao, 21, was abducted by a group of unidentified men outside the Notre Dame Jolo College campus in Barangay Bubus at 3 p.m. Thursday, Chief Superintendent Bienvenido Latag, Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) regional police chief, said on Friday. Latag said the victim’s mother, Celia Lao, informed local police that her son was last seen at school by his classmates and was about to meet a “textmate" outside the campus when he was snatched by the kidnappers. She also said that she received a call at 10 p.m. Thursday from an unidentified man claiming he had the victim under his custody, according to the police official. Local cops are currently tracking down the student’s abductors, Latag said.—Andreo C. Calonzo/JV