Don’t watch, share video of Hall’s beheading, PNP urges public

This image made from undated militant video, shows Canadians John Ridsdel, right, and Robert Hall. Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau confirmed that the decapitated head of a Caucasian male recovered Monday, April 25, 2016, in the southern Philippines belongs to Ridsdel, who was taken hostage by Abu Sayyaf militants in September 2015. Militant Video via AP Video

THE Philippine National Police has urged the public to refrain from viewing and sharing the video of Abu Sayyaf bandits beheading Canadian national Robert Hall on social media.

“We appeal to public not to share the video on social media. These are terroristic acts that should not be patronized by anybody,” PNP spokesperson Chief Supt. Wilben Mayor said in a press briefing on Wednesday.

Mayor reminded netizens not to patronize the video of the victim and those previously executed by the Abu Sayyaf as these are being spread by the bandits for propaganda purposes.

He said the PNP’s Anti-Cybercrime Group (ACG) is studying and gathering information from the video of Hall’s beheading.

“The ACG is getting information from the video. Nakikita natin personalities through this video. We’ll collate everything then we will give it to the operating troops,” the police spokesperson added.

On Monday, the Abu Sayyaf militants made good their threat to behead Hall after their demand for a P600-million ransom was not met. Hall was the second Canadian the bandits executed after John Ridsdel.

Abu Sayyaf gunmen kidnapped Ridsdel and Hall along with Hall’s Filipina girlfriend Marites Flor and Norwegian national Khartan Sekkingstad on Samal Island, Davao del Norte in September last year./ac

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