ZAMBOANGA CITY – Presidential Peace Adviser Jesus Dureza said he received the same reports about the alleged beheading of German national Jeurgen Kantner by his Abu Sayyaf captors. “Despite efforts exerted by groups and the security forces, I have received reports about the alleged beheading of a German kidnap victim in Sulu Sunday afternoon,” Dureza said in a statement. Major General Carlito Galvez Jr., chief of the Western Mindanao Command, earlier confirmed receiving reports about Kantner’s beheading, “but we need body of proof.”The Abu Sayyaf had set 3 p.m. Sunday as deadline for the payment of the P30 Million ransom or it would behead Kantner. Kantner and his wife Sabine Merz were sailing on Malaysian waters when they were kidnapped on November 5 last year. Merz was killed by the bandits.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer February 26, 2017 13:18 UTC