TOKYO: Japanese prime minister told Sunday it is highly outrageous and impermissible act after an online video purported to show one of two Japanese hostages of the radical Islamic State group had been killed and promised to save the other.Shinzo Abe said on NHK TV that the video was likely authentic and offered condolences to the family and friends of Haruna Yukawa, a 42-year-old adventurer taken hostage last year.
He declined to comment on the message on the latest video demanding a prisoner exchange for journalist Kenji Goto. Abe said in an earlier statement that Japan will not give in to terrorism.
President Barack Obama condemned what he called “the brutal murder” of Yukawa, saying he stood by Japan to get Goto released.
No one could verify the contents of the message, which varied greatly from previous videos released by the Islamic State group, which now holds a third of both Syria and Iraq.
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