'Militants wanted to kill me, kidnap Pacquiao'
The Philippine president Benigno Aquino III claimed that, Abu Sayyaf, a militant organisation blamed for the beheading of a Canadian hostage in Philippines, may have plotted to kill him and kidnap boxing star Manny Pacquiao. The President further claimed that the militants also wanted to explode bombs in Manila to try and get funding from the Islamic State group.