TOKYO — Japan's prime minister expressed outrage on Sunday at an image released Saturday that appeared to show the decapitated body of one of two Japanese hostages captured by Islamic State militants, and President Obama condemned what he called a "brutal murder."
The kidnappers had threatened to kill the men if a Friday deadline passed for a $200 million ransom from Japan. On Saturday, a video appeared in which one of the hostages, Kenji Goto, a 47-year-old journalist, was shown holding a photo of what appeared to be the decapitated body of the other hostage, Haruna Yukawa, 42, an adventurer.
The prime minister, Shinzo Abe, said that while experts were still analyzing the photo, it had "a high chance of being real." Speaking on a television debate show, Mr. Abe condemned the apparent killing of Mr. Yukawa as an "outrageous and unforgivable act of violence," and demanded the immediate release of Mr. Goto.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/25/world/middleeast/japan-hostages-video-islamic-state.html?_r=0
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