Kenji Goto
Year: 2015
Nationality:
Killed by: Political Group
Location: , Syria
Press organization: Freelance
What's Kenji Goto's story?
On January 31, 2015, the militant group Islamic State released a video purporting to show the beheading of Japanese journalist Kenji Goto, according to news reports. Japanese authorities said the footage appeared to be authentic, and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe vowed to “make the terrorists pay,” according to reports.
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