TOKYO (Reuters) - The Japanese government is trying to authenticate an Internet video purporting to show Islamic State captive Goto beheaded, public broadcaster NHK said on Sunday.
The government of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe had put high priority on seeking the release of Goto, a veteran war correspondent captured by the militants in late October when he went to Syria seeking the release of another Japanese captive, Haruna Yukawa.
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