Philippine president orders troops to hunt down Abu Sayyaf that beheaded school principal
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President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo has issued yet another directive to crush the al-Qaeda-linked Abu Sayyaf, whose members are being blamed for the beheading of an elementary school principal in the southern Philippine province of Sulu.
“The death of Mr. (Gabriel) Canizares will not be in vain. Rescue efforts will shift to punitive action. The AFP (Armed Forces of the Philippines) and PNP (Philippine National Police) joint operations are in full swing. We shall make them pay for the enormity of this savagery,” deputy presidential spokesperson Lorelei Fajardo said.
Fajardo said President Arroyo is extending her condolences and prayers to the family of Canizares whose severed head was found at a gasoline station in Jolo early Monday morning. [See: Abductors behead school principal in Sulu]
The principal of the Kanague Elementary School in Patikul town, Canizares was seized October 19 while riding a passenger jeepney. At the time of the incident, Canizares was with other teachers but he was the only one taken by the bandit group. [See: School principal abducted in Sulu]
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