News Story: Philippine terror group threatens to behead another captive

MANILA, May 17 (Xinhua) -- The Philippine terror group Abu Sayyaf has threatened to behead another hostage if its demand of 600 million pesos (12 million U.S. dollars) is not met, local media reported on Tuesday.

In a new video posted on the Internet, the group said the hostage will be killed on June 13 if the ransom is not paid. However, it didn't verify which one will be killed, the Philippine daily Standard reported.

The terror group seized Canadian Robert Hall, Norwegian Kijartan Sekkingstad and John Ridsdel in August last year in a beach resort in the Mindanao region in the southern part of the Philippines.

Ridsdel was killed last month.

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