Posted on 07/22/2014 4:06:43 AM PDT by granada
MANILA, Philippines (AP) A Filipino construction worker kidnapped by militia men in Libya has been beheaded by his captors, becoming the first Filipino casualty in the renewed violence in the North African state, the Philippine government said.
Department of Foreign Affairs spokesman Charles Jose said the Filipino worker was kidnapped on July 15. He was subsequently beheaded and his decomposed body was found Sunday in a hospital in Benghazi, Libya's second-largest city.
"The vehicle he was riding in was stopped in a checkpoint. There were three of them - a Libyan a Pakistani and a Filipino and he was allegedly singled out because he was non-Muslim," Jose said. The kidnappers initially demanded a $160,000-dollar ransom from the worker's employers. But the abductors called again on Sunday, pointing them to the Benghazi hospital.
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Damn savages!
Let me guess... this is the same “militia” that provided security to the Ambassador and the staff at Benghazi the night of 9/11/2012.
Clearly—it’s Bush’s fault.
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