Abu Sayyaf beheads couple in Basilan

January 5, 2018

ZAMBOANGA CITY - A member of the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) executed a couple be beheading in a remote area of Basilan province, police said Friday.

Senior Supt. Nickson Muksan, Basilan police director, said the decapitated bodies of  Abdurahim Kitoh and his wife, Nadzwa Bahitla, were found separately.

Muksan said the remains of Nadzwa was found by militiaman Ibrahim Wahab around 4:30 p.m. Thursday in Sitio Diangan, Barangay Mahatalang, Sumisip town.

He said the decapitated remains of Abdurahim, was recovered near an elementary school around 7 p.m. Thursday. DMS