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Islamic State-linked militants kill Dutch wildlife photographer in Philippines
- Elwold Horn, 59, from Holland, was captured in 2012 and held captive by the Abu Sayyaf group
- He was killed while trying to escape during a firefight between government forces and his captors
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A Dutch wildlife photographer taken hostage by militants linked to Islamic State has been killed in the southern Philippines.
Elwold Horn, 59, from Holland, was shot by his captors after a firefight broke out on Friday between government security forces and militants belonging to the Abu Sayyaf terrorist group on the island of Sulu.
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Six militants were killed, twelve wounded in the fighting when troops from the 32nd Infantry Battalion raided the militants’ hideout in the village of Pansul, Patikul township shortly before 8am, said regional military spokesman Colonel Gerry Besana.
Besana said Horn had escaped his captors when the fighting erupted but one of his guards followed and killed him.
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“He suffered several bullet wounds. The operating troops actually had no idea he was there,” Besana said.
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