This is awful.
Gunmen have kidnapped four people, including two Canadians and a Norwegian, from a resort in the southern Philippines, state media reported.
The abductions took place Monday evening at the Oceanview Resort on Samal Island, which lies off the coast of the major southern island of Mindanao, according to the official Philippines News Agency.
As well as the three foreigners, a Filipina was kidnapped by the armed group, it said.
The southern Philippines has been plagued by unrest involving Islamist militants in recent years, including the taking of foreign hostages.
The Norwegian hostage is the manager of the resort. It was reported that there were about 30 foreign tourists at the time of the daring raid, however, only these 4 were kidnapped. It looked as if the kidnappers had targetted these four.
