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Hostage beheaded in southern Philippines: official

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2009-12-10 10:47

MANILA: A Filipino kidnap victim had been beheaded after being held hostage by militants for a month in the restive southern Philippine island of Basilan, a local official said Thursday.

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Basilan Vice Governor Al-Rasheed Sakalahul, Chairman of Basilan Crisis Management Committee, said the head of Marquez Singson was recovered late Wednesday night by officials in the province. The family has identified the victim but the headless body remains missing.  

Singson, employee of a local plywood factory, was kidnapped along with two of his colleagues in early November in the remote Maluso town of Basilan, a stronghold of the Al Qaeda-linked Abu Sayyaf militants.
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