A Belgian court found the Islamic State (ISIS) member, Arben Imishti, age 38, guilty of carrying out murders in Syria, the Brussels Times reportedthis evening.
According to the report from the Brussels Times, Imishti was sentenced by a Mechelen court to 30 years in prison, despite his absence from the courtroom.
Imishti had appeared in several Islamic State videos alongside a British terrorist known as “Jihadi John.”
The Belgian national was easily identified by the prosecution because unlike his accomplice Jihadi John, he did not wear a mask in the Islamic State execution videos.
Imishti’s family maintains that he was killed in Syria; however, this did not stop the Belgian authorities from charging him for the crimes he committed.
In particular, Imishti was filmed beheading as many as 20 captured Syrian Army soldiers in the Al-Raqqa Governorate in late 2014.
The ISIS member had participated in the execution of these soldiers and was later identified by the Belgian authorities one year later.
