KANANASKIS, Alta. — Prime Minister ************** has spoken out about the “cold-blooded ******” of John Ridsdel, who was ******** by terrorists in the Philippines after being held ******* for seven months.

The 68-year-old Calgary native was one of four tourists – including fellow Canadian Robert Hall, a Norwegian man and a Filipino woman – who were ********* on Sept. 21 by Abu Sayyaf militants from a marina on Samal Island. The militants had threatened to **** one of the three male ******** if a large ****** was not paid by 3 p.m. Monday, local time.

According to Philippines ******, a plastic bag containing Ridsdel’s decapitated head was dumped in a street Monday night by two men on a motorcycle in Jolo, a town in Sulu province.

“Canada condemns without reservation the brutality of the ******* takers and this unnecessary *****,” Trudeau said in a hastily assembled appearance before the media in the midst of a cabinet retreat. “This was an act of cold-blooded ****** and responsibility rests squarely with the ********* group who took him *******.”

Trudeau said he was “outraged” by the news and that the Canadian government is committed to working with the Philippine government and international partners to “pursue those responsible for this heinous act and bring them to justice.”

Trudeau did not say whether the government had paid a ****** for Ridsdel or Hall. However, an official confirmed that it is a long-standing government policy to not pay ****** demands.

The southern Philippines is a resource-rich region that has been marred by lawlessness and decades-long insurgencies. Although the Government of Canada has not issued a nationwide advisory in effect for the Philippines, it does suggest that travellers “exercise a high degree of caution due to an ongoing ********* ****** to Westerners and Western interests.”