http://cnews.canoe.com/CNEWS/Canada/2016/04/25/22627094.html
Cdn hostage's severed head found after ransom passes
Cdn hostage's severed head found after ransom passes
Trudeau confirmed the victim was 68-year-old John Ridsdel of Calgary.
Ridsdel was one of four tourists -- including fellow Canadian Robert Hall, a Norwegian man and a Filipino woman -- who were kidnapped last Sept. 21 by Abu Sayyaf militants from a marina on southern Samal Island.
The militants had threatened to kill one of the three male hostages if a large ransom was not paid by 3 p.m. Monday local time -- 3 a.m. ET.
Philippines police said a plastic bag containing Ridsdel's decapitated head was dumped in a street Monday night by two men on a motorcycle in Jolo, a town in Sulu province.
Trudeau said he was "outraged" by the news.
"Canada condemns without reservation the brutality of the hostage takers and this unnecessary death," Trudeau said in a hastily assembled appearance before the media in the midst of a cabinet retreat.
"This was an act of cold-blooded murder and responsibility rests squarely with the terrorist group who took him hostage."
Trudeau said the Canadian government is committed to working with the Philippine government and international partners to "pursue those responsible for this heinous act and bring them to justice."