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Ex-barangay captain found beheaded in Basilan
Relatives find the decapitated body of 58-year-old Hadji Najir Bohong in Barangay Mahatalang

Abu Sayyaf beheads 7 loggers in Basilan
Police say senior Abu Sayyaf leader Furuji Indama may have targeted the loggers over a dispute stemming from his rubber plantation

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Duterte condemns Abu Sayyaf for beheading Vietnamese
The Philippine President again threatens to eat members of the bandit group with salt and vinegar

Bodies sprawled on the street where the clashes began
Nakakatakot din yun kapag nakikita mo yung nakita namin doon na wala nang ulo sa Malutlut Yung unang bakbakan doon Christian siguro yun says a Marawi resident as he recalls the horrific scenes in some parts of the city

Abu Sayyaf beheads soldier in Sulu
UPDATED Kapareho nilang Tausug pero ginawa pa rin nila yung karumaldumal na pagpugot says Brigadier General Cirilito Sobejana

Abu Sayyaf beheads Filipino hostage on Holy Thursday
UPDATED The military says the victim Noel Besconde was reportedly very sick and apparently delay[ed] the movement of the local terrorist group

WATCH: How to solve a problem like the Abu Sayyaf?
The military recognizes that a purely military solution is not enough to address the decades long problem

14 soldiers wounded in clashes with Abu Sayyaf
The troops reportedly encounter the group of Abu Sayyaf top leader Radullan Sahiron

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Rescue of Abu Sayyaf hostages continues amid beheading reports
Chief presidential peace adviser Secretary Jesus Dureza receives a report that the local terrorist group has beheaded its German hostage but he says this is still unverified information

Millions of dollars paid to free Indonesian hostages
EXCLUSIVE: Despite the denial of the Philippine and Indonesian governments that ransom was paid millions of dollars were given to the Abu Sayyaf Group for the release of Indonesian hostages over the past few months

Beheaded Canadian 'loved everything about the Philippines'
Slain Abu Sayyaf hostage Robert Hall knew that he had found his home in Davao City his family says in a statement

Duterte 'would be outraged' by beheading of Canadian
President elect Rodrigo Duterte remains mum on the murder of Robert Hall but his spokesman Salvador Panelo says Duterte is against all forms of criminality

Abu Sayyaf beheads another Canadian hostage
Robert Hall is beheaded by the group in Sulu as the deadline for ransom payment lapses

Headless cadaver found in Sulu
It s found two days after the beheading of a Canadian hostage

Jokowi on terror threat, saving Indonesian hostages: It's difficult
The Indonesian president reacts to the beheading of the Canadian hostage and shares plans on how to save his countrymen held captive by the Abu Sayyaf

Philippines condemns 'inhuman' beheading of Canadian
2ND UDPATE The Philippines also extends its deepest sympathies to the family of Mr John Ridsdel the Canadian national beheaded by the Abu Sayyaf

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Head of foreigner dumped in southern Philippines – police
Police sources say the head of a foreign man was thrown in a street corner in Sulu s capital of Jolo hours after a ransom deadline passed for the hostages held by the Abu Sayyaf

Taiwan beheading suspect beaten by angry mob
UPDATED In the wake of the gruesome murder the Taiwanese parliament also plans to review a bill that would ensure killers of children get the death penalty

'Allah ordered' child beheading, nanny says at Moscow court
Suspect Gyulchekhra Bobokulova from Muslim majority Uzbekistan – whom the press have dubbed the bloody nanny – is detained on Monday as she was waving the child s severed head outside a metro station in northwestern Moscow

Saudi beheadings wrong response to criticism – Iran president
One does not respond to criticism by cutting off heads says President Hassan Rouhani on the execution of Nimr al Nimr

Abu Sayyaf beheads Malaysian hostage
2nd UPDATE The Malaysian was kidnapped 6 months ago in Sabah

Saudi executes Pakistani murderer of Indonesian couple
Most Saudi executions are carried out by beheading with a sword in what the ministry says is a deterrent

Residents flee island after false text on 'terrorists'
The village chief of Aliguay Island was recently beheaded by the Abu Sayyaf in Sulu

ISIS claims beheading of Croatian hostage in Egypt
His abduction and purported killing are unprecedented in Egypt which is battling an ISIS insurgency in the eastern Sinai Peninsula

French prosecutor confirms ISIS link to factory beheading
A French prosecutor confirms that the man who beheaded his boss and tried to blow up a gas factory had a terrorist motive and links to ISIS

Saudi executions won't affect Indonesia plans, official says
Indonesian is protesting Saudi s execution of two Indonesians this week without prior notice

Indonesia protests beheading of domestic worker in Saudi Arabia
Indonesia claims the sentence was carried out without Zainab s family and consular officials being given adequate notice
Indonesian domestic worker beheaded in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia beheads an Indonesian domestic worker who knifed to death a Saudi woman described in press reports as her employer

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ISIS claims beheading of Iraqi security personnel
The alleged beheading of an Iraqi police officer and solider is the latest in a series of atrocities committed by the group

Japan condemns 'despicable' IS hostage beheading claim
UPDATED Japan will never yield to terrorism and is firmly resolved to fulfill its responsibility in the international community s fight against terrorism says Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe

ISIS beheads Japanese hostage – reports
CNN cites a video showing surviving hostage Kenji Goto holding a photo showing his colleague Haruna Yukawa already beheaded

War reporters lament news 'black holes' in IS-held zones
It s a war without witnesses

American beheading suspect's mother apologizes
The mother of an American worker suspected of beheading one of several colleagues he had tried to convert to Islam breaks her silence and apologizes in a video posted online

US worker beheads colleague after being sacked
Alton Nolen 30 appears to have chosen his victims at random with no immediate indication of a link with terrorism

Foley killing an 'utter betrayal' – British foreign secretary
The beheading of the US journalist by a man speaking with an English accent revives concerns that British passport holders who travel to fight in Iraq and Syria may commit attacks on British soil

AFP probes 'killing' video
This cannot be condoned We are looking into everything says AFP spokesperson Major General Domingo Tutaan

Filipino beheaded in Libya
Foreign Department spokesman Charles Jose says the Filipino construction worker was kidnapped on July 15 and his remains were found in a hospital on July 20

India 'witch doctor' sentenced to death for beheading boy
An Indian witch doctor who beheaded an 11 year old boy and offered the head as a sacrifice to a goddess to improve his fortunes has been sentenced to death
Afghan girl beheaded for refusing prostitution
Mah Gul 20 was beheaded after her mother in law attempted to make her sleep with a man in her house in Herat province last week provincial police chief Abdul Ghafar Sayedzada told AFP