A BRIGADE commander was relieved from his post, following the beheading of a Canadian mining executive kidnapped in the southern Philippines by the terrorist Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG), a military official announced Wednesday.

Brig. Gen. Alan Arojado was replaced by Col. Jose Faustino, Jr. as commander of the Philippine Army’s 501st Brigade based in Jolo, Sulu, according to Brig. Gen. Restituto Padilla, Jr., Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) spokesman.

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