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I’ve sadi that war is not an option, sadly I may backtrack on this. Some people deserve what is coming to them.
Body of beheaded Jolo principal found
Rest of remains dumped near military camp
By Julie Alipala
Inquirer Mindanao
First Posted 16:05:00 11/09/2009
Filed Under: Kidnapping, Crime, Education, Acts of terror, The Southern Campaign, Mindanao peace process
ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines — The body of murdered public school head teacher Gabriel Canizares was found near a military camp in Patikul town, Sulu, on Monday, five hours after, and two kilometers away from the place where his severed head was found.
Canizares’ head was found near the Jolo police station in Sulu on Monday morning and his body was found near the main gate of a military camp in Patikul town.
Canizares was abducted by armed men suspected to be Abu Sayyaf bandits on October 19. But his case got less media attention as it was overshadowed by the kidnapping of Irish priest Michael Sinnott in Pagadian City on Oct. 11.
Chief Insp. Amil Bahing Banaan, acting spokesperson of the police in Sulu, said Canizares’ head was found inside a backpack, which was owned by the victim, and was left near a gasoline station in Jolo town at around 5:30 a.m.
The gasoline station, just a few meters away from the victim’s residence in the village of San Raymundo, is just across the Jolo police station, which is beside the Jolo Municipal Hall.
At around 11 a.m., the rest of Canizares’ body was found dumped near the gates of the 3rd Marine Brigade headquarters in the village of Gandasuli in Patikul, or some two kilometers away from where his severed head was found.
“We are all having these mixed feelings– we are very angry, we are very sad, we are very afraid, we feel so hopeless and helpless when we learned about the brutal killing of our colleague,” Eufremio Canaria, Sulu’s education department supervisor, told the Philippine Daily Inquirer by phone.
Canaria said the victim’s “only fault” was to “dedicate his whole life to teaching, to education even in the areas where everyone is afraid to go and teach.”
Canaria said prior to the killing, the victim’s family and co-teachers had, for several times, received calls from the kidnappers demanding P2 million as ransom.
Canaria said the victim’s family, co-teachers and friends were able to raise only P150,000.
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