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Gruesome find of a decapitated head in a plastic bag as Islamic terrorists execute Canadian hostage who was kidnapped last year from a luxury resort in the Philippines
- Abu Sayyaf militants beheaded Canadian Robert Hall in the Philippines
- His head was found next to a Catholic cathedral on Jojo, a remote island
- He had been held hostage since September when he was taken from a resort
- He is the second of the four hostages to be decapitated
Images of a decapitated human head inside a plastic bag have emerged after it was confirmed a second Canadian hostage was beheaded by Muslim extremist guerrillas.
Philippine officials said Abu Sayyaf militants beheaded Robert Hall after a large ransom demand wasn't met.
A severed head had been found near a Catholic cathedral on Jojo, a remote southern island, on Monday but no identification had been made.
A member of the Philippine National Police Scene of the Crime Operatives (SOCO) holding a plastic bag containing a recovered decapitated human head
Hostages Canadian national Robert Hall (R) and Norwegian national Kjartan Sekkingstad (L) were pictured in this undated picture taken in the southern Philippines
The head reportedly belongs to Canadian hostage Robert Hall, left. He was abducted from a seaside resort in the southern Philippines in September
Mr Hall was abducted with a Filipino woman, a Norwegian man and another Canadian man
Mr Hall was kidnapped from an upscale resort on Samal Island last September with another Canadian, a Norwegian and a Filipino.
Mr Hall was the second Canadian hostage to be beheaded by Abu Sayyaf militants this year. John Ridsdel, a former mining executive, was beheaded in April.
A Norwegian man and a Filipino woman are still being held by the Muslim rebel group.
The Philippines government has condemned the execution in an official statement.
Mr Hall was the second Canadian hostage to be beheaded by Abu Sayyaf militants this year
The hostages were taken from Samal Island in the Philippines in September, 2015. Mr Hall died after ransom demands for the victims were not met
'We strongly condemn the brutal and senseless murder of Mr Robert Hall, a Canadian national, after being held captive by the Abu Sayyaf group in Sulu for the past nine months,' Philippines President Benigno Aquino said.
Abu Sayyaf, demanded one billion pesos ($29.4 million) each for the hostages, but lowered the ransom to 300 million pesos each early this year.
Intelligence reports from the Philippines indicated Hall had been beheaded 10 minutes after the deadline lapsed in the mountains outside Jolo's Patikul town
The head was dumped near a Catholic cathedral on Jojo, a remote southern island, on Monday
Intelligence reports from the Philippines indicated Hall had been beheaded 10 minutes after the deadline lapsed in the mountains outside Jolo's Patikul town.
Abu Sayyaf is known for kidnapping, beheadings and extortion.
'We cannot allow this situation to continue, this should end once and for all,' President-elect Rodrigo Duterte's national security adviser Hermogenes Esperon told Reuters.
The group involved, Abu Sayyaf, is known for kidnapping, beheadings and extortion
Abu Sayyaf, demanded one billion pesos ($29.4 million) each for the hostages, but lowered the ransom to 300 million pesos each early this year
A Norwegian man and a Filipino woman are still being held by the Muslim rebel group after they were kidnapped from this seaside resort in September
