Philippine officials confirmed that a Canadian man held captive by the militant group Abu Sayyaf had been decapitated, the second hostage from Canada killed in the war-torn southern Philippines this year.
The man, Robert Hall, 50, was abducted in September with three other people, in one of the kidnappings carried out in the last few decades by Abu Sayyaf.
The group has pledged allegiance to the Islamic State.
The head of a man believed to be Mr. Hall was found in a plastic bag near a Catholic church on the southern Philippine island of Jolo on Monday night, the Philippine police said.
