BREAKING: ISIS Says Japanese Hostages Were Executed …Update: One Hostage Dead

ISIS released video Tuesday threatening to slaughter two Japanese hostages in the next 72 hours unless a $200 million ransom is paid.
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Japan was reportedly unsuccessful in contacting ISIS over the hostage crisis.

An ISIS spokesman told Japanese broadcaster NHK that the group would release a statement “soon” about the hostages.

The deadline passed this morning.

FOX News reported that ISIS announced the hostages were dead.

A tweet from a Twitter account linked to ISIS said the hostages had been killed “because of Japan’s choices.” The tweet, on the same one that previously posted the countdown clock, warned that a new video was “being sent to production.”

Here is the tweet from an ISIS affiliated account:
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UPDATE: One hostage was killed. ISIS posted video Saturday.

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