The government said Wednesday that a man in a video released by apparent militants a day earlier is likely Japanese journalist Jumpei Yasuda, who is believed to have been kidnapped by a jihadi group in Syria in 2015.
In the 20-second video clip released Tuesday, the man said to be Yasuda ¡ª who disappeared in strife-hit Syria just over three years ago while reporting on the country¡¯s civil war ¡ª claims to be South Korean, but delivers a short statement in Japanese, asking for immediate help.
¡°I¡¯m in a terrible situation. Please help me now,¡± the man says as his voice cracks.
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