ZAMBOANGA CITY: Abu Sayyaf rebels have threatened to behead a German yachter kidnapped in November last year off Sabah near southern Philippines if their ransom demand is not paid.

The rebels who are holding Jurgen Kantner set their deadline on February 26. The 70-year old Kantner was kidnapped with his wife Sabine Merz, 56, when Abu Sayyaf gunmen intercepted them just several nautical miles from the southern province of Tawi-Tawi.

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