MANILA, Nov. 7 (UPI) -- Abu Sayyaf, a militant Islamist organization that pledged allegiance to the Islamic State, said it kidnapped a German couple, killing the woman.
Muammar Askali, a self-proclaimed Abu Sayyaf spokesperson, said the two Germans were kidnapped near Tawi-Tawi island in the Philippines' autonomous Muslim region in the far south, close to Malaysia. He said Juegen Kantner, a male German sailor, was kidnapped, and his female companion, Sabina Wetch, was shot and killed.