ISIL claims beheading of second Japanese captive

The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed 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.
 
The apparent killing of 47-year-old Kenji Goto -- the second beheading of a Japanese hostage in a week -- was announced in a video released online that included no mention of a Jordanian pilot also being held by ISIL, whom the jihadist group has threatened to kill.
 
Goto, a respected freelance journalist, is seen in an orange outfit -- similar to those worn by Guantanamo Bay inmates -- kneeling next to a standing masked man who speaks with a British accent and blames the Japanese government for his "slaughter".
 
The man, dressed head-to-toe in black with his face covered, appears to be the same ISIL militant who has featured in the group's previous execution videos.
 
The executioner addresses Abe, saying the murder was the result of "reckless" decisions by the Japanese government and would mark the beginning of "the nightmare for Japan".
 
The brief video ends with the image of a body dressed in orange with a decapitated head on top of it.
 
Abe vowed to "never forgive terrorists" after news of the video broke early Sunday morning in Japan.
 
"I am extremely angry about these heinous and despicable terrorist acts. We will never forgive terrorists," the premier, who appeared on the verge of tears, told reporters.
 
"We will cooperate with the international community to make them atone for their crimes."  

Goto's distraught mother said she "can't find the words" to describe her son's death.
 
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