ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Two bishops and a priest safe and sound after attempted kidnapping at a Manila hotel

Manila (Agenzia Fides) - At attempted kidnapping at a hotel at financial heart of Manila staged by a group of soldiers calling for the resignation of President Gloria Arroyo, ended without bloodshed. The kidnapping was thwarted by the intervention of a special army unit. Among the hotel guests were two Catholic bishops and a priest, Bishop Julio Xavier Labayen, Bishop Antonio Tobias and Fr. Robert Reyes, sources at the Nunciature in Manila told Fides that the three were unharmed and returned safe and sound.
However the government imposed a curfew until 5am the next morning in Manila and surrounding provinces. President Arroyo called an emergency meeting with the National Security Council”. (PA) (Agenzia Fides 29/11/2007 righe 24 parole 249)