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25-01-2015, 01:00 AM
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http://m.rte.ie/news/2015/0124/675327-japan-hostages/
Video purports to show Japanese hostage execution
14 minutes ago
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The recording appeared to show Japanese captive Haruna Yukawa being killed
Japan has strongly criticised a recording purporting to announce the execution of a Japanese citizen held by Islamic State militants and demanded the immediate release of another captive depicted as appearing on the image.
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga, in a brief televised statement, said the recording appeared to show captive Haruna Yukawa being killed.
"This is an outrageous and unacceptable act," Mr Suga said. "We strongly demand the prompt release of the remaining Mr. Kenji Goto, without harm," he added.
Mr Suga read the statement and declined to take questions.
Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe had previously vowed to stand firm after the Islamic State group threatened to kill the two Japanese nationals, saying he would not freeze a multi-million dollar aid package.
His remarks came last Tuesday, several hours after the jihadist group released a video threatening to kill the two hostages, Kenji Goto and Haruna Yukawa, if Tokyo did not pay a $200m ransom within 72 hours.
An IS militant said in that video the ransom demand was to compensate for non-military aid that Mr Abe pledged on Saturday to countries affected by the militant group's bloody expansion in Iraq and Syria.
Japan set up two teams to handle the hostage crisis, one within the cabinet and one within the foreign ministry.
Mr Yukawa was captured in August outside Aleppo in Syria.
Mr Goto, who had returned to Syria in late October to try to help Mr Yukawa, had been missing since then.
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http://m.rte.ie/news/2015/0124/675327-japan-hostages/
Video purports to show Japanese hostage execution
14 minutes ago
4
The recording appeared to show Japanese captive Haruna Yukawa being killed
Japan has strongly criticised a recording purporting to announce the execution of a Japanese citizen held by Islamic State militants and demanded the immediate release of another captive depicted as appearing on the image.
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga, in a brief televised statement, said the recording appeared to show captive Haruna Yukawa being killed.
"This is an outrageous and unacceptable act," Mr Suga said. "We strongly demand the prompt release of the remaining Mr. Kenji Goto, without harm," he added.
Mr Suga read the statement and declined to take questions.
Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe had previously vowed to stand firm after the Islamic State group threatened to kill the two Japanese nationals, saying he would not freeze a multi-million dollar aid package.
His remarks came last Tuesday, several hours after the jihadist group released a video threatening to kill the two hostages, Kenji Goto and Haruna Yukawa, if Tokyo did not pay a $200m ransom within 72 hours.
An IS militant said in that video the ransom demand was to compensate for non-military aid that Mr Abe pledged on Saturday to countries affected by the militant group's bloody expansion in Iraq and Syria.
Japan set up two teams to handle the hostage crisis, one within the cabinet and one within the foreign ministry.
Mr Yukawa was captured in August outside Aleppo in Syria.
Mr Goto, who had returned to Syria in late October to try to help Mr Yukawa, had been missing since then.
Read next:
At least 20 killed in rocket attack on Mariupol
Click here to view the whole thread at www.sammyboy.com (http://www.sammyboy.com/showthread.php?198814-Banzai!-ISIS-cut-Japs-head-Sashimi&goto=newpost).