Hostage Details Horrific Torture By Ruthless ISIS Executioners Dubbed “The Beatles”

During El Shafee Elsheikh's terrorism trial a former hostage detailed the horrific torture the ruthless ISIS executioners dubbed “The Beatles” did to them.

As part of his captors' horrific "regime of punishment," an Italian aid worker held captive by merciless ISIS executioners dubbed "The Beatles" said he was forced to fight other hostages until they passed out.

Federico Motka, who was held captive for 14 months by ISIS' British-born executioners, testified about his ordeal during El Shafee Elsheikh's terrorism trial on Thursday. El Shafee Elsheikh is a British national accused of masterminding a kidnapping scheme that took more than 20 Western hostages between 2012 and 2015.

Motka, who was apprehended near the Turkish-Syrian border in 2013, claimed that hostages were thrown into a facility known as "the box," where they were tortured and treated as animals.

US aid worker Kayla Mueller and journalist Jim Foley were held captive by ISIS before being killed.

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