Abu Sayyaf spokesman says German nationals held since April freed after ransom was paid.
The Abu Sayyaf group in the southern Philippines has released two Germans hostages, a rebel spokesman told a commercial radio station.
The rebels had demanded a $5.6m ransom and for Germany to stop supporting US-led air strikes in Syria. They had originally threatened to kill one of the captives, held since April, on Friday afternoon.
"A few minutes ago, we released the two Germans," said Abu Rami, a spokesman for group, in a radio interview on Friday. The group said that the ransom was paid in full.
Military and government officials could not immediately confirm the report.
Al Jazeera's Harry Fawcett, who is reporting from Zamboanga City, said the radio station that aired the interview has been the main voice of the fighters throughout the hostage situation.
Stefan Okonek, 71, was seized in April with his partner Henrite Dielen, also a German, when their yacht broke down near the southern island of Palawan en route to Sabah in eastern Malaysia.
They were being held on Jolo island, a separatist stronghold, in the south of the Philippines.
A video released on Wednesday showed Okonek being held in a hole in the ground, which he had been told would be his grave if his ransom is not paid.
The rebel group also demanded that Germany halted its support for US-led air strikes in Syria and Iraq against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, which Abu Sayyaf has declared allegiance to.
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