Headless body is Japanese hostage's: Japan
Associated Press
Sat. Oct. 30 2004 9:15 PM ET
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TOKYO -- The Japanese government has confirmed a decapitated body found in Iraq is that of a Japanese man taken hostage by Islamic militants earlier this week, Japan's national broadcaster reported.続きを読む
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NHK said the identity of the body found in central Baghdad on Saturday was Shosei Koda, 24.
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Iraqi officials said they found a decapitated body of what appeared to be a young Asian male in a Baghdad neighbourhood largely controlled by insurgents.
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In a video released Tuesday, an al-Qaida-linked group led by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi threatened to behead Koda within 48 hours, unless Japan withdrew its troops from Iraq.
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Tokyo immediately refused.