Trial Opens Against Islamic State Member Charged In Death Of U.S. Hostages

Born in Sudan in 1988 and raised in London, El Shafee Elsheikh allegedly oversaw detention facilities for the terrorist group and was a member of a cell that killed American citizens, including journalist James Foley and Ms Mueller in Syria in 2014 and early. 2015. The hostages ostentatiously referred to their four brutal guards as “Beatles” based on their British background.