I want Jihadi ‘Beatles’ tried in US
TWO British Islamic State terrorists, who were part of the “Beatles” jihadi execution group, should be hauled before court in the US, the mother of a murdered aid worker has said.
Alexanda Kotey, 36, and El Shafee Elsheikh, 32, have admitted involvement in the captivity of Kayla Mueller, an American aid worker who was and tortured and sexually abused before her death, aged 26, in 2015.
Kotey and Elsheikh are both in US military custody in Iraq amid questions over how and when they will face justice. Ms Mueller’s mother Marsha said the death penalty should be left on the table.
She added: “They did so much horror to so many people. They need to be brought here. They need to be prosecuted.
“The other thing that’s really important to me about this is I need information about Kayla. We know so little about what happened to her.”
“We’re reaching out to
President Trump, we don’t want this to go away. “
The two terrorists who, alongside now dead “Jihadi John” Mohammed Emwazi and Aine Lesley Davis, have been linked to dozens of executed prisoners.
Kotey said: “She was in a room by herself that no one would go in.”
Elsheikh went into
Alexanda Kotey in jail and, inset, with IS. He is being held with El Shaffe Elsheikh, top. Aine Lesley Davis, right was the fourth member
more detail, saying: “I took an email from her myself,” meaning he got an email address IS could use to demand ransom from the family.
“She was in a large room, it was dark, and she was alone, and…she was very scared.”
IS had demanded that the Muellers pay five million euros and said if the ransom was not delivered, they would send “a picture of Kayla’s dead body” to the family.