Zulfi Hoxha
Zulfi Hoxha | |
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| Born | January 16, 1992 Margate City, New Jersey, United States |
| Disappeared | May 9, 2017 (aged 25) Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq |
| Status | (MIA) |
| Died | November 2018 |
| Other names | "Abu Hamza al-Amriki" "Al Ameriki" |
| Citizenship | American |
| Education | Atlantic City High School |
| Known for | Beheading captives and being an American citizen in a commanding position of the Islamic State |
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| Military career | |
| Allegiance | Islamic State |
| Service years | 2015–2018 |
| Conflicts | Syria
Iraq |
Zulfi Hoxha (US: /ˈhɔːdʒɑː/ HAW-jah; Albanian: [ˈhɔdʒa]; Arabic: ذو الفي خوجة; born January 16, 1992), also known by the nom de guerre (kunya) Abu Hamza al-Amriki (Arabic: أبو حمزة الأمريكي), or Al Ameriki (Arabic: الأميركي), was an Albanian-American Islamic State (IS) senior commander and recruiter of foreign fighters fighting in Syria and in Iraq.