One Japanese journalist killed in Turkey car-truck collision

One Japanese female journalist was killed on Thursday as a car collided with a truck in Sanliurfa province of southeastern Turkey, private Dogan news agency reported.

The car hit the Japanese female journalist Kazumi Takaya hit the truck near the Old Airport in Akcakale town of Sanliurfa province, leaving the driver of the car died and the Japanese journalist seriously injured, according to the report.

The injured Japanese journalist was rushed to a hospital, but died in the hospital, said the report.

Japan's Foreign Ministry on Thursday tried to verify the authenticity of yet another audio message from Japanese hostage Kenji Goto who is being held by Islamic State (IS) terror group, who are demanding an Iraqi terrorist on death row in Jordan be brought to Turkish border in exchange for a Jordanian pilot's life.

The IS had previously made it known in an audio video likely featuring Goto that his life would not be spared if Sajida al- Rishawi, who was convicted for her role in a series of bombings in the Jordanian capital of Amman in 2005 which killed around 60 people, was not released.

The suicide bomber was captured and imprisoned as her suicide vest failed to detonate.

In the latest audio message, Goto can be heard insisting that a Jordanian pilot, 1st Lt. Mu'ath al-Kaseasbeh, who IS captured after his plane crashed in December, will be killed if Sajida isn't brought to the Turkish border by sunset Thursday Mosul time.

Japanese journalists flooded the Akcakale border gate in Sanliurfa across the Syrian town of Tel Abyad after the report. Endit