The militant group killed Ridsdel, another Canadian, late last month, when the ransom demand deadline had expired. The video then pans to Hall, who asks the Filipino government to stop its military actions against the group, implying that the offensive is putting their lives in danger. Operations against Abu Sayyaf were stepped up in the wake of Ridsdel's murder. Hall says that he's been told to demand that the Canadian government pay their ransom, and cites the inaction of the Trudeau administration as a cause of Ridsdel's death. Flor then speaks, appealing tearfully in English and Tagalog to everyone from the relevant governments, Filipino President Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino, to presidential ...
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