An Islamic State fighter was convicted on all counts for his role in the murder of four American hostages in Syria in 2014 and 2015
ALEXANDRIA, Va.—A federal jury on Thursday convicted a British Islamic State fighter of being part of a brutal cell that murdered U.S. hostages, capping a nearly two-week trial dominated by stirring testimony from survivors of the torture.
After deliberating for less than a day, jurors found El Shafee Elsheikh guilty of eight counts, including hostage-taking resulting in death, conspiring to murder Americans outside the U.S. and conspiring to provide material support to terrorists. Prosecutors sought to show Mr. Elsheikh was one of a group of British guards known to the foreign prisoners as the “Beatles,” who were feared for their wanton cruelty, which included vicious beatings that often left hostages with broken ribs.
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