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Asharq Al-Awsat
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Asharq Al-Awsat

ISIS ‘Beatle’ Case Goes to the Jury in Virginia

The Albert V. Bryan Federal Courthouse in Alexandria, Virginia, where alleged ISIS 'Beatle' El Shafee Elsheikh is on trial SAUL LOEB AFP/File

A jury began deliberations Wednesday in the trial of El Shafee Elsheikh, a former British national who went to Syria to join ISIS and allegedly became a member of the notorious kidnap-and-murder cell known as the "Beatles."

Wrapping up the government's case, prosecutor Raj Parekh said it had been proven "beyond any shadow of a doubt" that Elsheikh was one of the hostage-takers dubbed the "Beatles" by their captives because of their British accents.

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