The cohort’s most prominent figure was Mohammed Emwazi, better known as “Jihadi John, whose videotaped beheadings of American and British hostages became a global emblem of ISIL’s brutality. The other Beatles who have been identified include Alex Kotey, whose whereabouts are unknown, and Aine Davis, who was arrested last year in Turkey. After Elgizouli was told that her son had been involved with the Beatles, she dropped her head into her hands and began sobbing. El Shafee Elsheikh, a British citizen whose family fled Sudan in the 1990s, was one of four jailors dubbed ‘The Beatles’ by their prisoners because of their British accents. Elsheikh was identified through a joint Post and BuzzFeed News investigation.

Source: National Post May 23, 2016 21:52 UTC