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A U.S. jury convicted a British militant in the deaths of four Americans. He was accused of being a member of the ISIS cell known as the Beatles.

Thursday, April 14, 2022 1:52 PM EST

The jury took less than a day to convict El Shafee Elsheikh on four counts of hostage-taking and four conspiracy counts related to the deaths of three American men and a young woman who were captured during the Islamic State's rampage through Syria in 2012 and 2013.

Mr. Elsheikh is the most prominent member of the Islamic State to be brought to trial in the United States.

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