Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks to the media at his official residence in Tokyo February 1, 2015. REUTERS/Toru Hanai
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama on Saturday condemned the "heinous murder" of Japanese hostage Kenji Goto by Islamic State militants and vowed that the United States would continue its actions to destroy the hardline Islamist group.
"The United States condemns the heinous murder of Japanese citizen and journalist Kenji Goto by the terrorist group ISIL," Obama said in a statement released by the White House, using an acronym for the Islamic State group, which released a video on Saturday appearing to show the beheading of Goto.
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