Modi condemns beheading of Japanese hostages

February 02, 2015 02:53 pm | Updated November 16, 2021 05:19 pm IST - New Delhi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday condemned the “gruesome” killing of two Japanese nationals by ISIS, a day after the terror group claimed the hostages had been beheaded.

Mr. Modi, in a tweet, termed the killing of Kenji Goto and Haruna Yukawa as “gruesome & unfortunate”.

The Islamic State group claimed Sunday in a video that it has beheaded a second Japanese hostage, drawing international condemnation and outrage from a visibly upset Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who denounced it as a “heinous and despicable” act.

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