Philippine officials confirmed that a Canadian man held captive by the militant group Abu Sayyaf had been decapitated, the second hostage from Canada killed in the war-torn southern Philippines this year.<br />The man, Robert Hall, 50, was abducted in September with three other people, in one of the kidnappings carried out in the last few decades by Abu Sayyaf.<br />The group has pledged allegiance to the Islamic State.<br />The head of a man believed to be Mr. Hall was found in a plastic bag near a Catholic church on the southern Philippine island of Jolo on Monday night, the Philippine police said.
