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Report: ISIS Beheads Japanese Hostage

A passer-by watches a TV news program reporting two Japanese hostages, Kenji Goto, left, and Haruna Yukawa, held by the Islamic State group, in Tokyo, Friday, Jan. 23, 2015. Militants affiliated with the Islamic Sta... A passer-by watches a TV news program reporting two Japanese hostages, Kenji Goto, left, and Haruna Yukawa, held by the Islamic State group, in Tokyo, Friday, Jan. 23, 2015. Militants affiliated with the Islamic State group have posted an online warning that the "countdown has begun" for the group to kill a pair of Japanese hostages. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko) MORE LESS
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January 24, 2015 10:46 a.m.
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The Islamic State has purportedly beheaded one of the two Japanese hostages it is holding, according to a report Saturday morning.

The SITE Intelligence group reported that hostage Haruna Yukawa had been beheaded in a newly released video.

The terrorist group had demanded a $200 million ransom for the hostages.

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