Philippine army working to confirm reports that Abu Sayyaf fighters beheaded a German man they had seized in November.
The army said it had received information reports that the hostage had been executed [EPA]
The Philippines-based Abu Sayyaf armed group has posted a video purportedly showing the beheading of a German man held for three months after demands for a ransom were not met.
The video, reposted on Monday by the monitoring group SITE, showed an elderly captive slumped on a grassy lot and a man holding a knife to his neck.
“Now, they’ll kill me,” the 70-year-old man said before he was executed on Sunday after a ransom demand deadline passed. Tiếp tục đọc “Abu Sayyaf video ‘shows beheading of German hostage’”