Editing Abu Sayyaf (section)

=====2007 Father Bossi kidnapping=====
On June 10, 2007, Italian priest Reverend Giancarlo Bossi was kidnapped near [[Pagadian]], capital of [[Zamboanga del Sur]] Province in the southern Philippines. [[Pope Benedict XVI]] made an appeal to free him. Bossi was released on July 19, 2007, at Karumatan, a Muslim town in [[Lanao del Norte]] Province, allegedly after the payment of ransom. Father Bossi died in Italy on September 23, 2012.<ref>{{cite news |last=Conde |first=Carlos H. |date=July 20, 2007 |title=Kidnapped Italian priest is freed in Philippines |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/20/world/europe/20iht-phils.1.6746806.html |access-date=February 4, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/news/nation/275293/italian-priest-giancarlo-bossi-former-kidnap-victim-in-mindanao-dies/story/|title=Italian priest Giancarlo Bossi, former kidnap victim in Mindanao, dies|work=GMA online|date=September 24, 2012|access-date=February 4, 2018}}</ref>

In December 2020, Samad Awang, alias Ahmad Jamal, of the Abdussalam kidnap-for-ransom group was killed in a firefight with government troops in Zamboanga City. Awang was reportedly involved in the kidnapping of Italian missionary Fr. Giancarlo Bossi in 2007, businessman Joel Endino in 2011, and teacher Kathy Kasipong in 2013.<ref>{{cite news |last=Reyes |first=Victor |date=December 11, 2020 |title=Sub-leader of kidnap group linked to Abu killed in Zambo |work=Malaya Business Insight |url=https://malaya.com.ph/index.php/news_news/sub-leader-of-kidnap-group-linked-to-abu-killed-in-zambo/ |access-date=December 11, 2020 |archive-date=December 11, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201211050355/https://malaya.com.ph/index.php/news_news/sub-leader-of-kidnap-group-linked-to-abu-killed-in-zambo/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>