ISIS Militant Group Beheads Japanese Citizen Hostage video
Beirut: Islamic State militant group released a video showing the beheaded body of one of two Japanese citizen hostages, abducted for ransom.
According to foreign news agency Islamic State has released a video in which one of Japanese holding a picture which showing the decapitated body of another Japanese while threatened to kill the second men if their demand would not fulfill.
Media reported that militants had threatened to kill the men Kenji Goto, a 47-year-old journalist, if a Friday deadline passed for a $200 million ransom from Japan following the beheading of Haruna Yukawa, 42, an adventure, both were abducted by ISIS militants for money in return.
Kenji Goto stated in the video that his associate has been beheaded and Japanese Prime Minister and government has responsible for the killing while he also appealed that demands of kidnappers would be fulfilled soon.
US authorities and Japanese government have finally concluded that video is real after checking the voice quality and considering other related aspects while the Islamic State didn’t demand ransom but want to exchange hostage with a woman facing death penalty against terror activity.
US President Barack Obama has condemned the killing of Japanese and stated it a brutal murder, however, it is not the first time ISIS released any beheading video but earlier a British citizen decapitated video had been issued on internet.