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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