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02-27-2017, 03:50 PM
http://cdmagurus.com/cron.php?rand=1488225008 (https://www.yahoo.com/news/philippines-based-militant-group-abu-sayyaf-beheads-german-100929221.html)By Manuel Mogato MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines and Germany condemned on Monday the beheading of an elderly German captive by Islamic State-linked Abu Sayyaf militants who posted a video of the killing after a deadline for a $600,000 ransom passed. The video showed a machete-wielding militant behead Jurgen Kantner. Jesus Dureza, presidential adviser on the Philippine peace process, said officials had exhausted all efforts to save Kantner, 70, who was held on the tiny southern island of Jolo.



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