Two men identifying themselves as Canadians taken hostage last month in the Philippines have appeared at gunpoint in a video that is circulating online.
One man introduces himself as Robert Hall who says he is OK, but in grave danger. Another says he is John Ridsdel, and urges the Canadian government to help the hostages.
Canadians Hall and Ridsdel, along with a Norwegian man and a Filipina woman were taken hostage by gunmen from the Holiday Ocean View Samal Resort on Samal Island in the Philippines in September.
Another man identifies himself in the video as the Norwegian hostage while the woman doesn’t say a word. All four are surrounded by masked men armed with guns and machetes.
The two Canadians appeal to the Canadian and Philippine governments to stop military operations.
“We beseech the Canadian government to please, please help us and the Philippine government ... by stopping all of the operations that have been going on like artillery fire which came near us,” Ridsdel said.
