ISIS Militant Pleads Guilty to Role in Deaths of Four Americans in Syria

According to a Department of Justice press release dated September 2, 2021, Alexanda Amon Kotey, 37, a former British citizen turned Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) fighter, pleaded guilty to for his participation in a brutal hostage-taking scheme that resulted in the deaths of four American citizens as well as British and Japanese nationals.