Online Video Indicates Japanese Journalist Must Have Been Beheaded

A new online video is claiming to show ISIS militants beheading Japanese reporter Kenji Goto, according to the Associated Press. The video was released late Saturday, and it shows a militant with a British accent executing the man. This man seems to be the same one who has taken part in other ISIS videos. The AP says it has not confirmed 100% yet that this video is legitimate. They say it was released via militant websites, and the video carried symbols of prior ISIS videos.
Obama's National Security Council has said it's working now to find out if the video is authentic, according to CBS.

The video is called "A Message to the Government of Japan," according to the AP. It is about one minute long, and Goto is in the video the entire time but does not speak.

The AP recounts the videos content:

'"Abe," the militant says in the video, referring to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, "because of your reckless decision to take part in an unwinnable war, this man will not only slaughter Kenji, but will also carry on and cause carnage wherever your people are found. So let the nightmare for Japan begin."'

In the first of three videos purportedly of Goto, released last week, a black-clad masked figure with a knife said Goto and Yukawa would be killed within 72 hours if Japan did not pay Islamic State $200 million.

A video a week ago appeared to show Goto with a picture of a decapitated Yukawa, saying his captors' demands had switched to the release of Sajida al-Rishawi (an Iraqi woman on death row for her role in a 2005 suicide bomb attack).

The third video featured an audio track over a still picture that appeared to show Goto holding a picture of a now bearded Kasaesbeh.

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