Japan 'Investigates IS Hostage Death Reports'

[muriel_volestrangler]

Source: Sky News

The Japanese government is reportedly trying to verify claims that one of the two hostages held by Islamic State has been killed.

Broadcaster NHK said officials were looking into the claims.

But there was confusion as another report by the Japanese Times said the captives were still alive.
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A Japanese government spokesman said the apparent killing of the private military company operator was "outrageous and unacceptable".

Read more: http://news.sky.com/story/1414228/japan-investigates-is-hostage-death-reports

[Yo_Mama]

1. One of them only

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2015/01/24/isis-islamic-state-video-beheading-site-report-released/22269675/

In the video, Japanese freelance journalist Kenji Goto holds a photo that purportedly shows the dead body of the second hostage, Haruna Yukawa. SITE Intelligence Group, a U.S.-based organization that monitors extremist websites, said the video had been distributed across several Islamic State-linked Twitter accounts.

Kyodo News agency reported that the same video has been emailed to the wife of one of the hostages.

The Japanese government said it is seeking to verify the video, BBC reported. A government spokesman called the apparent execution of Yukawa "outrageous" and "unacceptable," Reuters reported.

Nice people, aren't they?

[freshwest]

2. 'The Kyodo News agency said the same video has been emailed to the wife of one of the hostages.'

What a hateful thing to do to her.