ISIS Releases New Video Showing Jihadi John Beheading Second Japanese Hostage

Terror group Islamic State has released a new video which seems to show Japanese hostage Kenji Goto being beheaded by the militant fighter known as Jihadi John.
The 1 minute and 7 second clip shows Mr Goto kneeling in a rocky gorge while the masked murderer delivers a scripted message to the camera.
The killer then lowers his knife and the footage goes black, as is common in ISIS propaganda films. When the footage begins again Mr Goto’s body is shown lying on the desert floor.
The fighter, who has a British accent, says: ‘To the Japanese government: You, like your foolish allies in the Satanic coalition, have yet to understand that we, by Allah’s grace, are an Islamic Caliphate with authority and power, an entire army thirsty for your blood.

‘(Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo) Abe, because of your reckless decision to take part in an unwinnable war, this knife 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.’ The footage has appeared just a day after Japan’s deputy foreign minister, Yasuhide Nakayama, told journalists that negotiations for Mr Goto’s release were ‘in a state of deadlock’.
Tonight the Japanese government has strongly condemned the apparent killing.

Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said: ‘I cannot help feeling strong indignation that an inhuman and despicable act of terrorism like this has been committed again.’

He added that the Cabinet was convening an emergency meeting and was rushing to confirm the authenticity of the online video.

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe added: ‘I feel strong indignation at this inhumane and contemptible act of terrorism. I will never forgive these terrorists.’

‘Japan will work with the international community to bring those responsible for this crime to justice,’ he said, reiterating that Japan would not give in to terrorism.