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| Southeast Asia |
| Muslim militants behead 6 captives in Philippines |
| 2007-04-19 |
| Muslim extremists decapitated six workers they were holding hostage on the southern Philippine island of Jolo, a senior military official said on Thursday. Major-General Ruben Rafael, commander of military forces on Jolo, said his soldiers discovered the headless bodies close to Parang town, where the workers were kidnapped on Monday by the Abu Sayyaf, the Philippines' deadliest Muslim rebel group. The Abu Sayyaf gained international notoriety around five years ago when they captured and beheaded tourists and church workers, and its members still kidnap people for ransom to raise funds. They decapitated the son of a wealthy trader last year. This week, the Abu Sayyaf had demanded a 5 million peso (52,400 pounds) payment for the release of the six men, who were working on a government road project and taken at gunpoint from their truck. A seventh man was kidnapped in the area earlier that day. |
| Posted by:ryuge |
| #1 Thank you, my minions. More blood, I demand more blood! |
| Posted by: allah (aka, Satan) 2007-04-19 13:06 |