Islamist executioner, Jihadi John in a new video has threatened to kill two captured Japanese unless $200m ransom is paid

The two men were being paraded in the most terrifying of circumstances after being threatened with execution by the Islamic state.

 

The victims, Kenjo Goto and Haruna Yukawa are both Japanese nationals.  ISIS in the video warns that they will be beheaded unless the Japanese government pays a ransom of $200m.

 

In the latest ISIS video, the militant directly addresses Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who is currently now on a six-day visit to the Middle East.  Click on read more below for more pictures.

 

 

The video features the British accented militant Jihadi John brandishing a knife and dressed all in black, he says: 'To the prime minister of Japan: Although you are more than 8,000 and 500 kilometres (5,280 miles) from the Islamic State, you willingly have volunteered to take part in this crusade.

'You have proudly donated $100 million to kill our women and children - to destroy the homes of the Muslims.

'So the life of this (points knife at Kenji Goto Jogo) Japanese citizen will cost you $100million.

'And in an attempt to stop the expansion of the Islamic State, you also donated another $100million to train the mujahideen against the mujahideen.

'And so the life of this (points knife at Haruna Yukawa) Japanese citizen will cost you another $100million.

'And to the Japanese public: Just as your government has made the foolish decision to pay $200million to fight the Islamic State, you now have 72 hours to pressure your government into making a wise decision by paying the $200million to save the lives of your citizens.

 

 

'Otherwise, this knife will become your nightmare.'

Mr Abe said Japan would not bow to 'terrorism' and pledged to honour his promise of aid.

'I strongly demand that they not be harmed and that they should be release with immediate effect, he said.''

Yukawa, 42 a widower, is reported to have a long history of attempted suicide and self mutilation after his business went bankrupt and his wife died of cancer.  He was said to had once threatened to cut of his manhood as he sees himself as a failure.

 

Pictures on his facebook page shows him in Iraq and Syria in July 2014.

 

Goto is a freelance journalist who was born in 1967.  Before traveling to Syria, he runs a video production company called Independent Press in Tokyo.    He produces documentation on Middle East and other regions to Japanese television network.  Goto was assisted to travel to Syria and Iraq by Yukawa in June 2014.  He has since be out of contact until this video surface.

Just two days ago, the Japanese Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe pledged the sum of $200m in non-military support to countris fighting ISIS in Iraq and Syria.