‘Vicious and brutal': A second Canadian man is beheaded by Islamist militants in the Philippines

[mahatmakanejeeves]

Source: Washington Post

By Ben Guarino
@bbguari

June 14 at 7:42 AM 

A small group of Islamist militants in the Philippines, known as Abu Sayyaf, has beheaded a second Canadian hostage in two months, authorities said Tuesday.

“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,” Herminio Coloma, a representative for the Philippines President Benigno Aquino, said in a statement, according to AFP. A head believed to belong to Hall, 58, was found Monday on an island near an Abu Sayyaf outpost.

In April, the same group decapitated Canadian John Ridsdel, a 68-year-old businessman. Gunmen had kidnapped Ridsdel and Hall, along with Hall’s Filipina partner Marites Flor and a resort manager from Norway named Kjartan Sekkingstad, from the island of Samal in September.

{Islamist militants behead Canadian man in southern Philippines}

Justin Trudeau, the Canadian prime minister, condemned the Islamist terrorists in a statement Monday night. “The vicious and brutal actions of the hostage-takers have led to a needless death,” Trudeau said in a statement posted on Facebook. “Canada holds the terrorist group who took him hostage fully responsible for this cold-blooded and senseless murder.”



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Previously at DU:

John Ridsdel, Canadian Killed In Philippines, Remembered As 'Gracious Person'

Mon Apr 25, 2016, 05:52 PM

[oberliner]

1. This is what radical Islamic terror looks like

Sickening.

[Bluenorthwest]

2. Gee, did these killers also use a dating app?

How about the killers in France today?

[oberliner]

3. Very different incidents

Each with a potentially distinct motive.

There are definitely violent radical Islamic jihadist terrorists committing atrocities and murders all over the world, including Europe and Canada.

I am not sure that the Orlando massacre is in the same category, necessarily. Still too early in the investigation to know for sure.

[Arazi]

4. It's been a very bad few days here for you Blue

I'm sorry

[7962]

5. +1

[get the red out]

6. Exactly

Thank you.

[David__77]

7. Might be more closet cases. Don't jump to conclusions!

That was sarcasm.

[oberliner]

9. Not every crime committed by a Muslim is the same

Each incident is unique. I don't think it's a good idea to lump all of them together necessarily. Just because radical Islamic terrorism is real and prevalent around the world does not necessarily mean that the Orlando massacre was that (although it certainly could be).

[David__77]

10. I consider it Islamist terrorism.

I understand others may have a different consideration.

Further, I want the government to counter the ideological and material roots of such terrorism. Again, others may disagree with such a statement and its premises.

[oberliner]

12. More information is needed in my opinion

It could very well turn out to be Islamist terrorism, but I think it is different from, say, the incidents in Canada and France recently that were specifically carried out as jihadist operations directed by international radical Islamic terror groups.

[knightmaar]

8. I know we're Canada but ...

... don't we have people who can go in and take care of shit like this?

[potone]

15. Condolences to you and your country.

And no, the problem isn't a lack of capacity on the part of your armed forces, it probably was because no one knew exactly where the kidnappers were.

[Bigleaf]

16. Yes, Joint Task Force 2, Canada's Special Ops Unit.

[Coventina]

11. Obviously this is because of Canada's constant meddling in the Middle East.

[uhnope]

13. you have spoken a very inconvenient truth

While I abhor GWB's war which obviously destabilized the ME, to blame all the terrorism on that is BS. They were there before and they are in other places also, as this string of atrocities proves

[iandhr]

14. +1,000