Members of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abu_Sayyaf" id="mwATM" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Abu Sayyaf">Abu Sayyaf</a>, an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamism" id="mwATQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Islamism">Islamist</a> separatist group, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dos_Palmas_kidnappings" id="mwATU" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Dos Palmas kidnappings">seize twenty hostages</a> from an affluent island resort on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palawan" id="mwATY" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Palawan">Palawan</a> in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippines" id="mwATc" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Philippines">Philippines</a>; the hostage crisis would not be resolved until June 2002.