TOKYO: Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has branded the murder of a Japanese hostage by Islamic State militants as “outrageous and unforgivable” and demanded the immediate release of a second captive, amid growing global revulsion.
The apparent beheading of self-employed security contractor Haruna Yukawa was announced in a video posted online by militants, and appeared to mark a grave turn of events in a crisis that has gripped Japan for nearly a week.
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