A German man has been beheaded by Abu Sayyaf militants in the southern Philippines after a deadline to pay his ransom passed.
Philippine and German officials confirmed that 70-year-old Jurgen
Kantner had been killed after being held for three months by the
Islamist militant group.
It was the second time Kantner, 70, had been abducted. He was held along
with his partner, Sabine Merz, by Somali pirates for nearly two months
in 2008.
Abu Sayyaf posted a gruesome video of its militants killing the man with
a curved knife. The video was distributed by the SITE Intelligence
Group.
"The Federal Chancellor condemns the abominable act, which once again
shows how unscrupulous and inhumane these terrorists are. We all must
stand together and fight against them," German Chancellor Angela
Merkel's spokesman Steffen Seibert said.
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