Abu Sayyaf threatens to kill German hostage

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Abu Sayyaf threatens to kill German hostage

Germany said it would not withdraw support for US action against jihadists in Iraq and Syria following a reported ultimatum from Philippine Islamist militants reportedly threatening to kill a German hostage. A terrorism monitoring group reported that the Abu Sayyaf said they would kill one of two German hostages unless a 250 million pesos ($5.62 million, 4.4 million euros) ransom is paid and Berlin stops supporting the US-led campaign against the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria. US-based SITE released a picture attributed to the Abu Sayyaf group showing a masked militant with a machete beside a grey-haired white man. “There will be no change to our Syria and Iraq policy,” a foreign ministry spokeswoman said.

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