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MANILA, (APP/AFP) – Militants holding two
Canadians and a Norwegian in the southern Philippine jungles
have set a one-month deadline for millions of dollars in
ransom to be paid, according to a video released Thursday.
In the video posted on a local group’s Facebook
page, the emaciated victims said they would be killed
if the ransom was not paid.
Canadian tourists John Ridsdel and Robert Hall,
Norwegian resort manager Kjartan Sekkingstad and Filipina
Marites Flor were seized from yachts at a marina in the
southern Philippines in September.
While the ransom amount was not specified, the
militants in an earlier video demanded one billion pesos
($21 million) for each of the three foreigners, without
mentioning the conditions for Flor’s release.