Zamboanga - Eighty-nine hostages walked free and their captors also got away yesterday as the government agreed terms to end a deadly Muslim revolt in the southern Philippines.
The captives were found unharmed on the outskirts of Zamboanga as seven army trucks brought 217 heavily armed followers of Muslim leader, Mr Nur Misuari, back to a Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) enclave near this southern port city.
"It's over," Lieut Gen Roy Cimatu declared as the hostages left a residential compound in the village of Pasonanca to end their 24-hour ordeal.