Officials have confirmed that Abu Sayyaf militants beheaded a Robert
Hall Canadian man, the second Canadian hostage to be killed in two months after
their demands for a large ransom were not met. Mr Hall was abducted from a
marina last September along with another Canadian, a Norwegian and a Filipino.
The other Canadian, former mining executive John Ridsdel, was beheaded in
April. A video obtained by Philippine police officials showed Hall in an orange
shirt and kneeling in front of a black Islamic State-style flag before he was
killed in a jungle area.
Ramadan death toll is now at 2,748
