Kenji Goto
31 January 2015}} was a Japanese freelance video journalist covering wars and conflicts, refugees, poverty,
AIDS, and child education around the world. In October 2014, he was captured and held hostage by
Islamic State (IS) militants after entering Syria in the hopes of rescuing Japanese hostage
Haruna Yukawa. On 31 January 2015, he was
beheaded by his
captors led by Kuwaiti-British militant
Jihadi John following the breakdown of negotiations for his release.
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