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LONDON (AP) — An alleged hostage cell member of the Islamic State group nicknamed 'The Beatles' was charged with terrorism charges in Britain on Thursday after being deported from Turkey. was indicted on
A decade before him, when IS controlled large swathes of Syria and Iraq, the militants, nicknamed "The Beatles" by their hostages because of their British accent, had about 20 Westerners. was constrained. Some of the POWs, including Americans James Foley and Stephen Sotloff and British David Haynes and Alan Henning, were killed in gruesome decapitation.
Aine Davis, 38, was arrested Wednesday night at Luton Airport, north of London, after arriving on a flight from Turkey and charged with crimes under the Terrorism Act. Police said they were indicted.
Davis is scheduled to appear in court in London on Thursday. The prosecutor's office said the charges related to a 2014 terrorism offense and possession of a firearm for terrorism-related purposes.
Davis said she was arrested in Turley in 2015 and was arrested in 2017. He was convicted in 2013 of belonging to the Islamic State group. At trial there, he denied being part of "The Beatles."
His four alleged members of this group met in West London before traveling to the Middle East to join his IS. Muhammad Emwazi, who carried out the execution and was nicknamed "Jihadi John", was later killed in a drone strike.
Two of her others, Alexanda Kotey and El Shafee Elsheikh, were captured by US-backed Kurdish forces in 2018 and imprisoned in the US
