A former captive tells a US court that notorious IS jihadist cell terrorised their hostages.
A journalist once held by captors from the Islamic State group has told a US court of "sadistic" and "terrifying" tactics used against hostages.
He was blindfolded by men with AK-47s in the middle of the day and driven out of town, he said. When the blindfold was removed, he found himself alone in a cell, and would later come into contact with several other hostages. Prosecutors in the case argue that Mr Elsheikh was deeply involved in making ransom demands from the families of hostages for the group, and involved in the executions they carried out.
Mr Hénin said that he saw Mr Haines, who was starved and tortured so much that he "at first sight looked like somebody at a Nazi concentration camp", and Mr Foley, who was weak from "intense torture" and had had his ribs broken.