El Shafee Elsheikh

El Shafee Elsheikh
El Shafee Elsheikh
الشافعي الشيخ
Born	16 July 1988; Omdurman, Sudan
Known for	A role in ISIL atrocities as a member of the "Jihadi Beatles"
Criminal status	Incarcerated at ADX Florence
Convictions	Hostage taking resulting in death (18 U.S.C. § 1203) (4 counts); Conspiracy to commit hostage taking resulting in death (18 U.S.C. § 1203); Conspiracy to murder United States citizens abroad (18 U.S.C. §2339B); Conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists (18 U.S.C. § 2339A); Providing material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization (18 U.S.C. § 2339B);
Criminal penalty	Eight concurrent life sentences without the possibility of parole

El Shafee Elsheikh (Arabic: الشافعي الشيخ; born 16 July 1988), known as Jihadi Ringo, is a Sudanese Wahhabi terrorist who took part in atrocities of the Islamic State between 2012 and 2015 as one of the four so-called Jihadi Beatles. 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.