Alexanda Kotey
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| Age | 41 |
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| Date of birth | December 13,1983 |
| Zodiac sign | Sagittarius |
| Born | Westminster |
| London | |
| United Kingdom | |
| Other name | Jihadi George |
| Known for | Islamic State |
| Crimin status | United States Penitentiary, Canaan |
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| ID | 636877 |
Alexanda Kotey Life story
Alexanda Amon Kotey, known as Jihadi George, is a former British citizen who in 2021 in a U.S. Federal Court pleaded guilty to "hostage-taking resulting in death and providing material support to the Islamic State group from 2012 through 2015".
Friend of 'IS Beatle' jailed for terrorism offences
... In February 2012 Davis left the UK with Alexanda Kotey, another friend from the mosque, and two other men who later died as foreign fighters in Syria...
Alleged 'IS Beatle' Aine Davis pleads guilty to terrorism charges
... Two other members of the gang El Shafee Elsheikh and Alexanda Kotey are serving life sentences in the US...
Alexanda Kotey: IS 'Beatle' sentenced to life in US for murders in Syria
... Alexanda Kotey, 38, pleaded guilty last September to eight criminal charges relating to the abduction, torture and beheading of IS hostages in Syria...
El Shafee Elsheikh: Guilty verdict for Islamic State 'Beatle' jihadist
... Elsheikh was the only one of the four militants to go on trial in the US, after Alexanda Kotey pleaded guilty to his own charges last September...
Ex-hostage recounts ordeal at trial of Islamic State jihadist
... Two other members, Aine Davis and Alexanda Kotey, are being held in Turkey and the US, respectively...
IS prison break in Syria sparks days of clashes
... In a prison interview with British jihadists, El Shafee ElSheikh and Alexanda Kotey, members of the so-called Beatles, the two men fantasised about being released from jail by a rubbish truck filled with explosives...
Turkey-Syria-offensive: Heavy fighting on the second day of the attack
... The two men, El Shafi Elsheikh and Alexanda Kotey, were part of a British cell of the nickname given to The Beatles...
British IS fighters taken into U. S. custody, says Trump
... El-Shafi Elsheikh and Alexanda Kotey part of the Islamic state group cell that kidnapped and murdered Western hostages in Syria to be blamed...
IS prison break in Syria sparks days of clashes
Intense fighting is taking place in north-eastern Syria after Islamic State (IS) fighters tried to break inmates out of a Kurdish-run prison.
Kurdish-led forces backed by US air strikes have been battling militants in The City of Hasaka since Thursday.
The Assault on Ghwayran prison is one of The Group 's most ambitious since its defeat In Syria nearly three years ago.
The overcrowded site houses 3,500 suspected IS members including some of its leaders, a monitoring group says.
Hundreds of jihadists have been recaptured since the breakout but some are still on The Run , the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
Kurdish security forces have surrounded The Prison and are fighting for control of nearby neighbourhoods. Residents have been fleeing their homes.
The Syrian Observatory says at least 28 Kurdish security forces have been killed, along with five civilians and 58 IS members.
Meanwhile IS claimed in a video on 22 January that many of its members had been freed in The Attack on The Prison . The footage also appeared to show the militants holding A Number of hostages.
'A reminder The Group is still a threat'By Quentin Sommerville, BBC Middle East Correspondent
Islamic State group members - and their Wives - have predicted for years exactly this scenario. A mass Prison Break In Syria .
In a prison interview with British jihadists, El Shafee ElSheikh and Alexanda Kotey , members of the so-called Beatles, the two men fantasised about being released from jail by a rubbish truck filled with explosives.
Instead, in the latest attack in north-eastern Syria , IS may have used an Oil Tanker to breach the jail. It is not the First Time IS has attempted a breakout in the region; The Last was in Derik in 2019. US airpower was used to bring it to an end. That may not be an option This Time As Is has taken hostages.
British and other European jihadists were held in this prison.
In visits to detention camps across the region, the Wives of IS fighters would say they expected to be reunited with their husbands, who they said would Break Free from prison.
IS grew out of a " Breaking the Walls" campaign of prison breaks in Iraq in 2012. That campaign is a foundational touchstone for The Group , seen as a Turning Point in its fortunes.
The Hasaka Prison Break is unlikely to have the same effect, IS is much diminished in the region, but this latest attempt is a reminder that The Group is still a threat and can carry out ambitious attacks.
The Pentagon has confirmed the US-led coalition carried out air strikes.
State Department spokesman Ned Price praised the " capable efforts" of the SDF and said IS had been attempting to release militants from The Prison for The Past year.
Local elders told Reuters news agency that support for IS had grown in the region amid discontent among the Arab population with the Kurdish-led administration, which they accuse of discrimination. The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces deny this.
Thousands of IS fighters from More Than 50 countries are being held in Kurdish-run prisons in north-eastern Syria .
Source of news: bbc.com
