a boy says he once saw the suspect hitting uemura. >> translator: uemura said he no longer wanted to play around with the group. i guess somebody told that to the leader. he made uemura sit on the ground and struck him hard a couple of times. >> uemura had sent a mobile phone message before he was murdered. he was asking friends for help saying his life was in danger. people placed flowers where he died. >> translator: my child is 13, the same age as the boy. i prayed for him as if he were my own son. >> translator: my grandchild is around the same age and lives in the same city. i get the feeling something like this could happen to us too. >> and prime minister abe has offered his condolences to the boy's family. >> translator: protecting children is the responsibility of adults. i will do whatever i can to ensure such a terrible incident never happens again. >> abe called on authorities to examine whether there was enough coordination between the school, the local board of education, police, and child welfare offices. the boy's teachers did not notice changes in the circle of frien

uemura was frequently seen with a group of boys.people who knew him say he was punched in the face by members of the group. police have discovered mobile phone messages uemura sent before he was murdered. he had been asking his friends for help. more details on that story as they come in. >>> now in other news a prominent american newspaper has unmasked the islamic state member dubbed jihadi john. the black-clad man with the british accent has appeared in the group's videos. he wields a knife in videos that purportedly show militants murdering inging hostages. the "washington post" says he is mohammed emwazi. the report describes him as a briton in his mid 20s from a well-to-do family. it says he was born in kuwait and raised in london where he graduated from university. bbc news says emwazi was known to british security services. media reports say that in may 2009 he flew to tanzania with his friends and was detained by police on upon -- upon arrival. he was released but later questioned by british intelligence agents. they accused