The 2009 Sulu kidnapping crisis refers to the January 15, 2009 kidnapping of International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) volunteers in Patikul, Sulu province, Philippines by the Abu Sayyaf. January The three ICRC workers had finished conducting field work in Sulu province, located in the southwest of the country, when they were abducted by an unknown group, later confirmed as Abu Sayyaf leader Albader Parad's group. Parad himself was said to be involved in the kidnapping. All three workers were eventually released. According to a CNN story, Parad was reportedly killed, along with five other militants, in an assault raid by Philippine marines in Sulu province on Sunday, February 21, 2010.