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Tue 11 Nov 2009Beheading raises tensions over kidnapped priest
THE SEVERED head of a school headmaster abducted by the Abu Sayyaf group of Islamic militants was dumped at a petrol station yesterday in the troubled southern Philippines, adding to tensions over the plight of kidnapped Irish priest Fr Michael Sinnott.
The head of Gabriel Canizares (36) was found inside a bag at a petrol station on Jolo island at dawn, 22 days after the elementary school headmaster was kidnapped, local police chief inspector Usman Pingay told local media. His body remains missing.
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