Philippines troops rescue British couple from Islamic gunmen

Philippine troops has rescued a British man and his Filipino wife who were abducted from a southern beach resort last month by gunmen linked to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL or ISIS).

Regional military commander lieutenant general Cirilito Sobejana said troops caught up with the Abu Sayyaf captors of Allan Hyrons and his wife, Wilma, in the mountainous hinterlands of Parang town in Sulu province and rescued the couple after a fight.

A picture released by the military showed the couple smiling in a military camp and talking with generals and other army officers in Sulu.

Sobejana said the couple will undergo a medical checkup and be interviewed by military officials.

Gunmen abducted the couple last month as some from their beach resort in Southern Zamboanga Del Norte province, sparking a massive search.