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CITY OF MALOLOS 鈥� A 24-year-old seminarian was reported missing听on Sunday听night after he was robbed and forced into a van by two men near the compound of a television network in Quezon City.
The mother of John Angelo Balicoco, Adora, said her son texted her about his supposed abduction shortly after听6 p.m.听on Sunday.
She said John Angelo sent this message in Filipino: 鈥淚 was the victim of a holdup but was able to keep my mobile telephone which was how I was able to send this text message. Two men forced me into a van. The van is moving. It鈥檚 dark here. I don鈥檛 know where they are taking me.鈥�
John Angelo is a philosophy student of the Immaculate Concepcion Major Seminary in Guiguinto town in Bulacan province.
Balicoco said her son was about to board a Metro Rail Transit train for Pasay City, where he would take a bus to a school in Balayan town in Batangas province. John Angelo teaches religion there.
The family reported the incident to the Quezon City police.
