Audio Message Threatens Execution Of ISIS Hostage Unless Jordan Frees Prisoner

What We Know So Far

A spokesman for the Jordanian government said it is open to releasing Iraqi militant Sajida al-Rishawi if ISIS released Jordanian pilot Lt. Muath al-Kaseasbeh, who was captured in December.
The spokesman didn’t mention Japanese journalist Kenji Goto, who is also an ISIS hostage.
Al-Rishawi, an Iraqi, was sentenced to death in Jordan for taking part in a 2005 deadly attack on a hotel in Amman. Her suicide belt purportedly failed to detonate.

ISIS released a video around Jan. 20 demanding $200 million from the Japanese government for the release of two hostages: Goto and Haruna Yukawa.
In a video on Jan. 24, Goto was seen holding a photo of a beheaded Haruna Yukawa.
In that video, ISIS demanded the release of al-Rishawi in exchange for Goto.
On Tuesday, another video of Goto surfaced saying he has 24 hours to live.
The Japanese government said Wednesday that it is gathering information on the situation.
In an audio message posted on YouTube Wednesday, a man who identified himself as Japanese ISIS hostage Kenji Goto said Jordanian pilot and fellow hostage Muath al-Kaseasbeh would be executed if a prisoner exchange was not completed by Thursday.

The 30-second message said if would-be suicide bomber Sajida al-Rishawi was not brought to the Turkish border by the Jordanian government at sundown local time, al-Kaseasbeh would be killed immediately. youtube.com
SOURCE:BUZZFEED