Colleagues identify body found in Afghanistan as that of Ito

Colleagues identify body found in Afghanistan as that of Ito

FUKUOKA, Japan - Mitsuji Fukumoto (R), a senior member of the nongovernmental organization Peshawar-kai aid group, speaks to reporters in Fukuoka on Aug. 27. Fukumoto said one of the group's medical staff in Afghanistan had said a body found in Afghanistan is that of Kazuya Ito, who was abducted on Aug. 26 near Jalalabad, eastern Afghanistan.

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