Canadian hostage killed in Philippines

April 26, 2016 00:19

A Canadian man held captive by Islamist militants for months in the Philippines has been killed.John Ridsdel was taken from a tourist resort along with three others by the Abu Sayyaf group in September last year.

Confirming the death, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called it "an act of cold blooded murder".On Monday a severed head was found on a remote Philippine island, hours after an Abu Sayyaf ransom deadline expired.

The Philippine army has not confirmed if it belonged to one of the captives.

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