El Shafee Elsheikh

This article is about a Sudanese terrorist. For Sudanese labour organiser (1924–1971), see El-Shafie Ahmed el-Sheikh.
El Shafee Elsheikh
Born (1988-07-16) 16 July 1988 (age 36)[2]
Sudan
NationalitySudanese, formerly British (stripped of citizenship in 2018)
Known forA role in ISIL atrocities as a member of the "Jihadi Beatles"
Criminal statusIncarcerated at ADX Florence
Conviction(s)
Criminal penaltyEight concurrent life sentences without the possibility of parole[1]

El Shafee Elsheikh (born 16 July 1988), known as Jihadi Ringo,[3] is a Sudanese Wahhabi terrorist who took part in atrocities of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, also known as ISIS and IS) as one of the four so-called Jihadi Beatles.[4][5] He was found guilty of eight charges of hostage taking and murder by an American court in 2022 and later sentenced to eight life sentences without the possibility of parole.[6]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference BBC 19 Aug was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Counter Terrorism Designations | U.S. Department of the Treasury". Home.treasury.gov. 30 March 2017. Archived from the original on 26 February 2022. Retrieved 16 April 2022.
  3. ^ "Witnesses describe hostages' despair at Brit's terror trial". AP News. 6 April 2022. Archived from the original on 13 April 2022. Retrieved 16 April 2022.
  4. ^ "Another Islamic State jailer who held Western hostages identified as Londoner". The Washington Post. 7 February 2008. Archived from the original on 10 July 2018. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
  5. ^ "ISIS Accomplice Of "Jihadi John" Named As "Quiet And Humble" Londoner". BuzzFeed News. 8 February 2008. Archived from the original on 6 August 2018. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
  6. ^ ISIS ‘Beatle’ Sentenced to Life Imprisonment for Hostage-Taking Scheme that Resulted in the Deaths of American, British, and Japanese Citizens, U.S. Dept. of Justice website. Accessed 13 February 2024.