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Military checking reports of German beheading
Abu Sayyaf extremists in the Philippines have released a video of the beheading of German hostage national Jeurgen Kantner.
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Juergen Kantner in Abu Sayyaf video (Associated Press/Abu Sayyaf file)
T
he military said it was confirming reports that the Abu Sayyaf has beheaded its kidnap victim — German national Jeurgen Kantner.
Major General Carlito Galvez Jr., chief of the Western Mindanao Command, confirmed receiving reports about Kantner’s beheading, “but we need body of proof.”
Peace Adviser Jesus Dureza earlier called on the Abu Sayyaf group holding Kantner to spare the life of the German national.
“I am appealing to them to please spare the life of innocent and helpless Kantner,” Dureza said in a text message to the Inquirer.
A Radyo Inquirer report on Sunday said the group of Abu Sayyaf sub-leader Muammar Askali alias Abu Rami beheaded Kantner in Sitio Talibang, Barangay Buanza, Indanan, Sulu.
The Abu Sayyaf had set the deadline for the payment of the P30 million ransom at 3 p.m. on Sunday or it would behead Kantner.
Kantner and his wife Sabine Merz were sailing on Malaysian waters when they were kidnapped on November 5 last year. Sabine was killed by the bandits.
This article appeared on the Philippine Daily Inquirer newspaper website, which is a member of Asia News Network and a media partner of The Jakarta Post
