BBC News with Jerry Smit _________________________________________________________________ The Japanese government says it's working to verify the grim video which purports to show the murder of the journalist Kenji Goto. But the picture has very strong resemblance to images released when other hostages held by Islamic State were beheaded. The group had set a deadline of sunset on Thursday for a deal in which it said it would release Mr Goto in return for the freedom of Sajida al-Rishawi, an al-Qaeda bomber in a Jordanian jail. The militants are known to have communicated directly with Mr Goto's wife by e-mail, and she had pleaded publicly for his life to be spared. But now it seems that those pleas were ignored. 杰瑞.斯密特,BBC新闻为您报道 ___________________________________________________________ 日本政府声称他们正在证实这段后藤健二遭到杀害的录像的真实性.但录像与其他被伊斯兰国斩首的人质的画面及其相似.他们之前已经要求在周四日落之前完成一笔交易--释放沙维以换取后藤健二,沙维是关押在约旦监狱的基地炸弹袭击者.据称武装分子直接与后藤健二的妻子发邮件联系,她也曾经公开恳求希望能留住他的性命.但是从目前的情况来看这些恳求遭到忽视.
