Islamic State issues hostages deadline threat

An online message purportedly from Islamic State group says a Japanese hostage and Jordanian pilot it holds have less than 24 hours left to live.

The message, posted online, again demanded the release of Sajida al-Rishawi, an Iraqi woman sentenced to death in Jordan for involvement in a 2005 terror attack that killed 60 people.

It also mentioned Jordanian pilot 1st Lt Mu’ath al-Kaseasbeh, who is a captive of the Islamic State group.

Today’s video matched a message released over the weekend, though neither bore the logo of the Islamic State group’s al-Furqan media arm.

The weekend video showed a still photo of Kenji Goto holding what appears to be a photo of the body of Japanese hostage Haruna Yukawa.