No direct contact with those holding hostages, Japan says

Home World No direct contact with those holding hostages, Japan says 24-01-2015 12:44 PM Ammon News - AMMONNEWS - The Japanese government has affirmed that there has been no direct contact from those holding the Japanese hostages. "The situation remains severe, but we are doing everything we can to win the release of the two Japanese hostages," Japanese government spokesman Yoshihide Suga said. Suga noted that Japan is using every channel, including local tribal chiefs, to try to contact the captors. Militants affiliated with Daesh terrorist group have posted an online warning that the "countdown has begun", threatening that the group will kill the two Japanese hostages. The posting, which appeared on Friday, shows a clock counting down to zero, along with gruesome images of other hostages who have been beheaded by the group. The militant group gave Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe a 72-hour deadline - which expired Friday - to pay a $200 million ransom for the two hostages. The posting which appeared on a forum popular among militants and sympathizers, did not display images of the Japanese hostages. *Petra

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No direct contact with those holding hostages, Japan says

24-01-2015 12:44 PM

Ammon News - AMMONNEWS - The Japanese government has affirmed that there has been no direct contact from those holding the Japanese hostages.

"The situation remains severe, but we are doing everything we can to win the release of the two Japanese hostages," Japanese government spokesman Yoshihide Suga said.

Suga noted that Japan is using every channel, including local tribal chiefs, to try to contact the captors.

Militants affiliated with Daesh terrorist group have posted an online warning that the "countdown has begun", threatening that the group will kill the two Japanese hostages.

The posting, which appeared on Friday, shows a clock counting down to zero, along with gruesome images of other hostages who have been beheaded by the group. The militant group gave Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe a 72-hour deadline - which expired Friday - to pay a $200 million ransom for the two hostages.

The posting which appeared on a forum popular among militants and sympathizers, did not display images of the Japanese hostages.

*Petra

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