The Western Mindanao Command on Tuesday has confirmed that
Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) bandits have beheaded their remaining Canadian hostage
Robert Hall on the afternoon of June 13.
Major Filemon Tan, WESMINCOM spokesperson, issued this
statement after the head of a Caucasian-looking male, possibly Hall, was
discovered by civilians in front of the gate of the Jolo Cathedral around 8:45
p.m.
"(The head) was recovered by the Sulu PNP and brought
to Kuta Heneral Teodulfo Bautista (in Jolo)," he added.
Tan said the entire Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP)
extends its sincerest condolences and commiserate with the family and relatives
of the slain kidnap victim.
"Their loss is our loss too. We feel their pain because
we also lost soldiers, brothers in arms in trying to rescue them. The brutal
murder and inhuman execution of the victim by these evil terrorists shows their
true color," he added.
What the ASG have done is clearly un-Islamic and a violation
of the teachings of Mohammad, Tan stressed.
"(These violent acts) do not in any way represent our
peaceful Muslim brothers who are true believers of Islam. Their criminal act
disregarded even the sacred period of Ramadan. This group showed us their true
nature and the evil they truly are," he pointed out.
Tan said the AFP will work relentlessly with its police
counterparts to continue to find, neutralize or arrest and hold these criminals
accountable for their crimes.
Hall was beheaded after both the Philippine and Canadian
governments ignored the 3 p.m. June 13 deadline of the ASG which stipulated
that they will execute one of the hostages if the PHP600 million ransom was not
paid.
Hall, Norwegian Kjartan Sekkingtad and Filipina Marites
Flor, Hall's girlfriend, and fellow Canadian John Ridsel were snatched by the
ASG at a posh resort in Samal Island last Sept. 21.
The ASG beheaded Ridsel last April 25 after the Philippine
and Canadian governments refused to pay his PHP300 million ransom.
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