The US Department of State has again warned American citizens against traveling to the Philippines, citing the threat brought by terror groups with ties to Al-Qaeda.

In an advisory issued before the Abu Sayyaf Group freed two German captives Viktor Stefan Okonek and Henrite Dielen in Patikul Sulu, the US Embassy in Manila said the target of terror attacks in the East Asian and Pacific Region are foreign nationals, including Americans.

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