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Ammon News - AMMONNEWS - Isis has reportedly threatened to kill a second Japanese hostage and a Jordanian pilot being held by the group within 24 hours.

A video released entitled 'the second public message of Kenji Goto to his family and the government of Japan' features another still of the freelance journalist with an audio of a man speaking, who claims to be Mr Goto.

The video and its contents have not been verified.

The man in the picture is holding an image purporting to First Lieutenant Muath al-Kasaesbeh, who was captured in December. The man addresses Rinko, believed to be his wife, the Japanese Government and the people of Japan.

He says that unless a prisoner swap for a female militant being detained in Jordan takes place, Mr Goto and the pilot will be killed in 24 hours. "Time is now running very short. It is me for her. A straight exchange."

"I only have 24 hours left to live and the pilot has even less."

It finishes: "The ball is now in the Jordanian's court."

Senior Japanese officials met to try to authenticate the video, public broadcaster NHK reported.

The voice was similar to an earlier recording which Tokyo believes to be of Goto. That showed him holding a picture of Haruna Yukawa, who Isis say they beheaded.

The audio also requested that Sajida Mubarak Atrous al-Rishawi be released from a Jordanian prison.

Al-Rishawi was convicted of an attempted suicide bombing of the Jordanian capital Amman in 2005, along with her husband, which killed scores of people. She survived when her belt did not detonate.

It comes shortly after a Japanese envoy in the Jordanian capital, Amman, voiced hopes that both the Japanese journalist and the Jordanian pilot would be able to return home.

The two audios differ greatly from previous videos released by Isis, which have shown hostages in the desert and are branded with the logo of the group's media arm.

Previous videos have made political demands, whereas ransom demands were made behind the scene. A ransom video showing Mr Goto and Mr Yukawa is the first where the group has specifically and openly demanded money in exchange for hostages.

*Independent