MANILA Philippine soldiers have found the remains of an elderly German national who was beheaded by Islamic State-linked Abu Sayyaf militants last week, a military official said late on Saturday.
Kantner`s remains would be kept in a hospital morgue in Sulu while documents were being prepared to transport the body, said Sobejana, commander of the Joint Task Force Sulu.
President Rodrigo Duterte has apologized to Germany for failing to save Kantner while insisting that ransoms should not be paid.
The Philippines and Germany have condemned Kantner`s beheading by the militants who posted a video of the killing after a deadline for a $600,000 ransom passed.
Both the head and body of Jurgen Kantner were recovered while the troops were conducting combat, search and retrieval operations in Indanan town in the remote southern province of Sulu, Colonel Cirilito Sobejana told reporters.
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