From Presidential
Spokesperson Ernie Abella on the discovery of the body of beheaded German
national
The Philippine
government is deeply saddened but resolved as ever to respond to the recent
discovery of the body of Mr. Jurgen Kantner, a German national, in the
interiors of Talibang, Barangay Buanza, Indanan, Sulu.
Mr. Kantner’s remains
were discovered yesterday by Marine Battalion Landing Team 3 under the Joint
Task Force Sulu, according to a report by Marine Colonel Edgard Arevalo, Chief
of AFP Public Affairs Office.
President
Duterte has declared time and again that terrorism is the twin scourge of
narco-politics, and that this government will leave no stone unturned in
squarely addressing the evils of extremism and plain banditry.
We
reiterate our sincere sympathies to the family of Mr. Kantner, as well as to
the rest of the German people, for this modern-day cruelty. Rest assured these
mindless acts will not go unpunished.
