{UAH} ISIS soldier seen in beheading video is a New Jersey high school graduate
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The American is seen executing a prisoner in vile ISIS propaganda video.
'Liberate yourself from hellfire by killing a non-believer': Terrorist seen executing a prisoner in vile ISIS propaganda video and urging lone wolf attacks in the US is a New Jersey high school graduate
- An ISIS henchman filmed beheading a Kurdish man in a jihadist propaganda video from 2015 has been confirmed to be an American citizen from New Jersey
- Zulfi Hoxha, 25, the son of immigrants from Albania who grew up just outside of Atlantic City, is in Syria fighting in the ranks of ISIS as a senior commander
- This is the first time ever that the American government has positively identified its own national in an Islamic State film
- In May 2017, ISIS released a 44-minute propaganda clip that includes comments by a man wearing military garb and speaking English with an American accent
- The American in the video, who is identified by the name Abu Hamza al-Amriki, urges ISIS followers in the US to carry out attacks against 'non-believers'
- The man in the video sounds exactly like the ISIS terrorist in a video from 2015 showing a man with an American accent beheading a Kurdish fighter
- Hoxha's mother confirmed that her son was radicalized in a mosque and fled the country to join ISIS
An ISIS henchman filmed beheading a Kurdish man in a jihadist propaganda video has been confirmed to be an American citizen from New Jersey.
Zulfi Hoxha, 25, the son of immigrants from Albania who once ran a pizzeria just outside of Atlantic City, is in Syria fighting in the ranks of ISIS as a senior commander for the radical organization, it was confirmed on Friday.
This is the first time ever that the American government has positively identified its own national in an ISIS film.
An ISIS henchman filmed beheading a Kurdish man in a jihadist propaganda video which was posted online in May has been confirmed to be an American citizen from New Jersey, it was reported on Friday
Zulfi Hoxha, 25, the son of immigrants from Albania who once ran a pizzeria just outside of Atlantic City, is in Syria fighting in the ranks of ISIS as a senior commander for the radical organization
Hoxha's identity was first reported by The Atlantic.
In May 2017, ISIS released a 44-minute propaganda clip that includes comments by a man wearing military garb and speaking English with an American accent.
The American in the video is identified by the name Abu Hamza al-Amriki.
Hoxha is a 2010 graduate of Atlantic City High School in New Jersey
In the video, al-Amriki, who was presumably speaking from a location in northwestern Iraq, criticizes the United States and its allies for its military campaign against ISIS.
He also urges 'muwahiddin', which means 'believers in the unity of God' in Arabic, to carry out attacks against non-Muslims in America.
'Are you incapable of stabbing a kafir [non-Muslim] with a knife, throwing him off of a building, or running him over with a car?
'Liberate yourself from hellfire by killing a kafir.'
Federal records indicate that Hoxha joined ISIS nearly three years ago.
He departed the US for Istanbul on April 6, 2015. The government says that shortly thereafter he crossed over into ISIS-held territory in neighboring Syria.
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David 'Daoud Wright, a 28-year-old from Everett, Massachusetts, was sentenced last month to 28 years in a federal prison for providing material support to ISIS and for plotting to kill Americans on the group's behalf.
The federal government has alleged that Wright helped Hoxha join ISIS.
It was during Wright's trial that evidence was introduced which shed light on Hoxha's journey.
In October 2015, two years before Hoxha was seen to use a nom de guerre, a different video released by ISIS shows one of its terrorists beheading a Kuridsh soldier.
His mother, Ltefaji Hoxha, was interviewed by a reporter outside her home in Margate. She confirmed that her son was radicalized in a mosque and that he left the country to fight for ISIS
David 'Daoud Wright, a 28-year-old from Everett, Massachusetts, was sentenced last month to 28 years in a federal prison for providing material support to ISIS and for plotting to kill Americans on the group's behalf. The government alleges that Wright helped Hoxha join ISIS
The terrorist in the video also speaks with an inflected American accent.
An analysis of the two videos from 2015 and 2017 convinced intelligence officials in the US that this was the same person.
Hoxha grew up in the Jersey Shore community of Margate.
In 2010, he graduated from Atlantic City High School, according to WCAU-TV.
His mother, Ltefaji Hoxha, was interviewed by a reporter outside her home in Margate.
She said her son was radicalized in a mosque where 'he hated people.'
'I am upset,' she told WCAU-TV.
'No good. I'm very upset.'
Ltefaji Hoxha said that she last spoke to her son a year ago. Since then, there has been no communication from him, she said.'
Federal authorities have declined to comment publicly on the matter.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5290151/ISIS-soldier-seen-beheading-video-American.html#ixzz54jl2bENC
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