Islamic State 'Beatle' Member Convicted in US for Beheading Hostages
News 18A jury convicted a British national Thursday for his role in an Islamic State 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. In convicting Elsheikh, the jury concluded that he was one of the notorious Beatles, Islamic State captors nicknamed for their accents and known for their cruelty torturing and beating prisoners, forcing them to fight each other until they collapsed and even making them sing cruel song parodies. They were among 26 hostages taken captive between 2012 and 2015, when the Islamic State group controlled large swaths of Iraq and Syria. Defense lawyers acknowledged that Elsheikh joined the Islamic State group but said prosecutors failed to prove he was a Beatle.
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