Severed human head found in southern Philippines's Jolo island
MANILA, June 14 (Xinhua) -- A severed human head believed to be that of kidnapped Canadian male was found in Jolo, Sulu province in southern Philippines Monday night, military and police said Tuesday.
Police said the head was found placed inside a plastic bag, and was recovered around 9 p.m. near a Roman Catholic church in Jolo. The announcement came a few hours after the Abu Sayyaf militants claimed it beheaded Canadian Robert Hall, one of its captives.
"Initially, our personnel thought it was an explosive, but when the police team inspected the plastic bag, it turned out that it's a head of an old Caucasian man," police officer Junpikar Sittin, the chief of police of Jolo, told the Philippine Daily Inquirer in a telephone interview.
"The discovery confirms the brutal beheading by the evil criminal Abu Sayyaf," the military said in a statement.
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Canadian PM condemns killing of Canadian hostage in Philippines
OTTAWA, June 13 (Xinhua) -- Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Monday condemned the "cold-blooded and senseless murder" of a Canadian citizen by radical militant group Abu Sayyaf in the Philippines.
In a statement he said Canada is committed to bringing those terrorists responsible for the death of Robert Hall to justice.
He also expressed his "heartfelt condolences" to the family and friends of Hall.
Hall has been held since Sept. 21, 2015, along with former mining executive and his fellow Canadian John Ridsdel, who was killed by the group last April. Ridsdel and Hall were abducted from a seaside resort along with a Filipino woman and a Norwegian man.
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