LONDON: Britain and the United States are in talks concerning the destiny of two captured British Islamic State militants, suspected of being part of a notorious crew known for torturing and killing Western hostages, British Home Secretary Amber Rudd stated.
Alexanda Kotey and El Shafee Elsheikh have been captured in Syria ultimate month via the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and are suspected of being two of 4 militants, dubbed the "Beatles" as a result of their English accents, who took part within the kidnap, torture and murder of Western hostages.
Earlier this month, the SDF stated it had not won any request from any international government at hand the men over but stated it could believe this kind of utility.
"We're absolutely committed to making sure that they are tried, these people should face the full force of the law," Rudd told the BBC in feedback aired on Tuesday.
"I can't be drawn at the moment into where that will take place but I am certain, because we will be working with the Americans to ensure this, that they will face justice."
Last week a meeting of a few dozen defence ministers in Rome failed to agree on how one can deal with hundreds of international militants detained via the SDF in Syria.
One possibility is for the prisoners to go back to their country of beginning to stand prosecution.
However Britain's Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson has stated he does not want Kotey and Elsheikh back within the United Kingdom, and British media have reported that the men have been stripped in their British citizenship.
Britain's Home Office has not confirmed they have misplaced their citizenship.
The US State Department sanctioned Kotey in January 2017, saying he used to be a guard for the "Beatles" and "likely engaged in the group's executions and exceptionally cruel torture methods, including electronic shock and waterboarding".
Kotey had additionally acted as a recruiter and used to be chargeable for recruiting a number of British nationals to sign up for the militant crew, the State Department stated.
The State Department sanctioned Elsheikh in March 2017, saying he used to be "said to have earned a reputation for waterboarding, mock executions, and crucifixions while serving as an ISIS jailer".
The most notorious of the 4 used to be Mohammed Emwazi, referred to as "Jihadi John", who is assumed to have been killed in a US-British missile strike in 2015.
He become the public face of Islamic State and appeared in movies showing the murders of U.S. newshounds Steven Sotloff and James Foley, US help employee Abdul-Rahman Kassig, British help employees David Haines and Alan Henning, Japanese journalist Kenji Goto and different hostages.
Alexanda Kotey and El Shafee Elsheikh have been captured in Syria ultimate month via the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and are suspected of being two of 4 militants, dubbed the "Beatles" as a result of their English accents, who took part within the kidnap, torture and murder of Western hostages.
Earlier this month, the SDF stated it had not won any request from any international government at hand the men over but stated it could believe this kind of utility.
"We're absolutely committed to making sure that they are tried, these people should face the full force of the law," Rudd told the BBC in feedback aired on Tuesday.
"I can't be drawn at the moment into where that will take place but I am certain, because we will be working with the Americans to ensure this, that they will face justice."
Last week a meeting of a few dozen defence ministers in Rome failed to agree on how one can deal with hundreds of international militants detained via the SDF in Syria.
One possibility is for the prisoners to go back to their country of beginning to stand prosecution.
However Britain's Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson has stated he does not want Kotey and Elsheikh back within the United Kingdom, and British media have reported that the men have been stripped in their British citizenship.
Britain's Home Office has not confirmed they have misplaced their citizenship.
The US State Department sanctioned Kotey in January 2017, saying he used to be a guard for the "Beatles" and "likely engaged in the group's executions and exceptionally cruel torture methods, including electronic shock and waterboarding".
Kotey had additionally acted as a recruiter and used to be chargeable for recruiting a number of British nationals to sign up for the militant crew, the State Department stated.
The State Department sanctioned Elsheikh in March 2017, saying he used to be "said to have earned a reputation for waterboarding, mock executions, and crucifixions while serving as an ISIS jailer".
The most notorious of the 4 used to be Mohammed Emwazi, referred to as "Jihadi John", who is assumed to have been killed in a US-British missile strike in 2015.
He become the public face of Islamic State and appeared in movies showing the murders of U.S. newshounds Steven Sotloff and James Foley, US help employee Abdul-Rahman Kassig, British help employees David Haines and Alan Henning, Japanese journalist Kenji Goto and different hostages.
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