ISIS Claims Beheading of Japanese Hostage in New Video

A new ISIS video purports to show the beheading of a Japanese journalist Kenji Goto, NBC News reported. It comes a week after ISIS beheaded another Japanese hostage and demanded the release of a would-be suicide bomber. A video released Saturday claimed that Goto was executed after a Thursday deadline for Jordan to release prisoner Sajida al-Rishawi was not met. NBC News has not yet verified the video, but it appears consistent with other ISIS hostage videos, according to analysts SITE Intelligence. ISIS had threatened to execute Goto and 1st Lt. Mu'ath al-Kasaesbeh if al-Rishawi was not freed within 24 hours.

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