An 18 year old girl was rescued after being held hostage by a robber at barangay Maguikay, MC Briones Street in Mandaue City at 5:45 pm Thursday.
Mandaue City police said the victim Jeah Mae Carnillas got off a jeepney with her 58-year-old grandmother Guillerma Carnillas when she was held hostage by 37-year-old Anicito Laranio who poked a knife at her.
Carnillas managed to resist long enough for the mobile patrol group and SWAT to arrive and arrest Laranio.
Cebu City is located on the central eastern part of Cebu Province, an island at the center of the Visayas in Southern Philippines.