US jury announced guilty of killing several hostages of terrorist Islamic State El Shafee ElsheikhParticipating in the kidnapping of Spanish journalists in Syria Marc Marginedas, Ricard Garcia Vilanova and Javier Espinosa.
Elsheikh found guilty join a murder of several hostagesby including I beheading of two American journalists in Syria in 2014 James Foley and Steven Sotloff.
Espinosa, who was held in Syria for six months, described Elsheikh as “the craziest” and “the most brutal” terrorist. from those who kidnapped him.
members of the cell known as “the BeatlesBecause of their English dialect, they became known for brutalizing, torturing, humiliating, beating, and even forcing them to fight each other until they lost consciousness.
Captured by Kurdish militias in Syria in 2018, Elsheikh admitted to being part of that cell during the US judicial process, and among other things, was responsible for communicating with the families to show that the hostages were still alive and to ask for a reward for their release..
The jury delivered its verdict after four hours of deliberation in federal court in Alexandria, Virginia, just outside of Washington.
The next step is for the judge of that court to determine the sentence against the accused.Known as “Jihadi Ringo” and “Jihadi George”, he is facing the maximum life sentence.
Elsheikh Journalists could be prosecuted in the US for their role in the kidnapping of Foley and Sotloff and humanitarian workers Peter Kassig and Kayla Mueller.
While Foley, Sotloff, and Kassig were beheaded and their deaths were videotaped for propaganda purposes, Mueller was chosen by ISIS chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi as his personal hostage, before being repeatedly raped and killed during this time.