VOL. 9 ISSUE 77 • WEDNESDAY, JUNE 15, 2016
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UNIQUE ROOF. Workers repair the roof of one of the structures at People’s Park in Davao City yesterday. The building is considered an icon of the city because of its roof’s unique Durian fruit shape. Lean Daval Jr.
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Canadian PM holds terrorist group responsible for Hall’s death
ANADIAN Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is holding the Abu Sayyaf “fully responsible for this cold-blooded and senseless murder” of kidnap victim Robert Hall, whose severed head was found in Jolo Monday night. Trudeau also vowed to work “with the Philippine government and international partners” to pursue the perpetrators and “bring them to justice, however long it takes.” “The vicious and brutal actions of the hostage-takers have led to a needless death,”
Trudeau said. Photos of the three foreigners abducted from a resort in Samal, Davao del Norte on Sept. 21. Courtesy of EastMinCom Photos of the three foreigners abducted from a resort in Samal, Davao del Norte on Sept. 21. Courtesy of EastMinCom Hall was executed by the Abu Sayyaf after the 3 p.m. Monday deadline for payment of ransom lapsed. His severed head was recovered near the Cathedral of the Lady of Mount Carmel in Jolo, Sulu Monday evening and was brought to
the headquarters of the 2nd Marine Brigade. Col. Custodio Parcon, 2nd Marine Brigade Commander, could not be reached but sources in the brigade told MindaNews that Hall’s head, wrapped in a bloody rice sack, was delivered to the camp by residents. A bystander at the vicinity where it was found said the sack was thrown from a motorcycle with riders in tandem, at past 8 in the evening. Hall was reported to have been beheaded at the vicinity of Mount Bunga in Talipao
town, a 45-minute drive from Jolo. Hall was the second Canadian beheaded by the Abu Sayyaf in two months. On April 25, mining executive John Ridsdel, was executed, his severed head also thrown that evening by motorcycle-riding men towards a group of basketball players near the municipal hall. Hall and Ridsdel were abducted along with Norwegian national Kjartan Sekkingstad, and Hall’s Filipina partner Maritess Flor, from a resort in
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