Over the weekend it was reported that two Japanese citizens,
Haruna Yukawa and Kenji Goto, were being held hostage by Islamic State terrorists who
demanded $200 million for Haruna Yukawa and the release of Sajida al-Rishawi
(A female terrorist on death row) for Kenji Goto.
When Japanese Prime Minister
Shinzo Abe refused to pay the $200 million for the release of Haruna
Yukawa, the Islamic State extremist group answered with a chilling response. According
to The Washington Post “The Syria-based Islamic State group released a video
over the weekend that showed hostage Kenji Goto, a
47-year-old journalist, holding the photo of what appeared to be the
decapitated body of 42-year-old Haruna Yukawa, his countryman.”
In a video released by the
terrorists on YouTube and twitter we can hear Kenji Goto claiming that “This is my last
message” and that “time is now running very short, it is me for her,” in
relation to Sajida al-Rishawi. “I only have 24 hours left to live” says
Goto then “please, don’t leave us to die.”
The video still has
yet to be verified by the Japanese government and the deadline for the release
of Sajida al-Rishawi is tonight January 29th.
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