• This still image made from video released by Islamic State group militants and posted on the website of the SITE Intelligence Group on Tuesday purportedly shows Jordanian pilot Lt. Mu'ath al-Kaseasbeh standing in a cage just before being burned to death by his captors. The death of the 26-year-old pilot, who fell into the hands of the militants in December when his Jordanian F-16 crashed near Raqqa, Syria, followed a weeklong drama over a possible prisoner exchange. | AP
    This still image made from video released by Islamic State group militants and posted on the website of the SITE Intelligence Group on Tuesday purportedly shows Jordanian pilot Lt. Mu'ath al-Kaseasbeh standing in a cage just before being burned to death by his captors. The death of the 26-year-old pilot, who fell into the hands of the militants in December when his Jordanian F-16 crashed near Raqqa, Syria, followed a weeklong drama over a possible prisoner exchange. | AP
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Prime Minister Shinzo Abe condemned the apparent murder of a Jordanian air force pilot by the Islamic State, and reiterated his pledge to continue Japan’s nonmilitary aid to countries contending with the militant group.

The last part of a 22-minute video posted by the jihadis shows a man who is believed to be the 26-year-old captured pilot being burned alive in a metal cage.

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