Via Daily Caller:

The mother of a fallen soldier received a deeply disturbing text message after a bloody engagement between Philippine troops and Muslim militants Monday.

Philippine forces engaged heavily armed Abu Sayyaf militants in three separate battles near Patikul, Sulu Province, Monday. Fifteen Philippine soldiers were killed, and another 12 were injured.

After hearing the news that there had been casualties during the fighting, Mila Falcasantos sent a message to her son Jison, a private first class in the Army’s 35th Infantry Battalion, reports Inquirer.net.

“Son, how are you there?” she texted Monday evening. She received no response from her son that night.

The next morning, a message came in on her phone.

“Your son is dead, he has no head now, we cut off his head on Tuesday,” the shocking message read.