“Shortly before midnight of December 26, a YouTube account identifying itself as the ‘official channel of the Al-Harakatul Islamia’ – the formal name of the Abu Sayyaf – uploaded a proof-of-life video of Australian Warren Rodwell, kidnapped more than a year ago from his home Zamboanga City.
A few hours later, a Facebook account shared the video with this message: ‘Attention!!!! … Warren Rodwell Australian kidnapped victim.’ Then it gives a mobile number saying, ‘He is in need of help.’”
