don't look now, but...

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Ten-year-old girl latest Philippine kidnap victim
11/21/2003 9:30:00 AM
AFP

MANILA, Nov 21 (AFP) - Armed men snatched a 10-year-old girl and shot her nanny and driver Friday in the latest kidnapping to hit the Philippines, days after a Coca-Cola executive died in captivity, radio reports said.

The suspects blocked a vehicle carrying the girl and opened fire on the family employees in front of the girl's school in Manila's Paco district.

The nanny was shot in the back and the driver in the head. Both were reported to be in critical condition in hospital, DZBB radio reported.

The girl was initially identified as Jelina Dy, and police were on the trail of the kidnappers, police told the radio station.

Dy's abduction came after President Gloria Arroyo launched a crackdown on kidnap gangs this week after Coca-Cola executive Betti Sy was kidnapped and killed by kidnappers.

On Thursday, police killed four suspected kidnappers and arrested five others, including those believed to be responsible for Sy's death.

The Chinese-Filipino community in Manila said the Coca-Cola executive was the 156th kidnap victim in the Philippines so far this year.

The group says kidnapping incidents are at a 10-year high, with statistics showing that at least one victim is being kidnapped every three days. Most of the victims are members of the affluent Chinese-Filipino community.

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Two kidnappings and one murder in one week...

i'm starting to think someone's out to make GMA look bad -- not that she ever looked good in the first place -- *again* at the expense of Chinoys