ZAMBOANGA CITY: Police are investigating the murder of a 37-year-old Muslim man whose headless body was found on an island off the southern Philippine port city of Zamboanga.

Police said villagers reported the body on Tuesday after it was discovered due to the foul stench from decomposition in the village of Landang Gua on Sacol Island, just several minutes by boat from Zamboanga City.

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