ISIS ‘Beatle’ Found Guilty in US Trial

In this courtroom sketch, El Shafee Elsheikh, a former British national, convicted of taking hostages and conspiracy to murder U.S. citizens by a U.S. jury, sits in federal court in Alexandria, Va., on April 1, 2022. Bill Hennessy/Reuters

An ISIS fighter who took American hostages that the terrorist group later killed was convicted on eight charges by a U.S. jury on April 14.

Jurors found El Shafee Elsheikh guilty of hostage-taking resulting in death, conspiracy to murder U.S. citizens outside of the United States, and conspiracy to commit hostage-taking and provide material support to terrorists.