A jury on Thursday convicted British national El Shafee Elsheikh for his role in an Islamic State (ISIS) group hostage-taking scheme that took roughly two dozen Westerners captive a decade ago, resulting in the deaths of four Americans, three of whom were beheaded, The Associated Press reported.
In convicting El Shafee Elsheikh, the jury concluded that he was one of the notorious ISIS “Beatles” who tortured and beat prisoners before beheading them.
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