Crime & Safety
Video of Hudson Valley Man Who Fought for ISIS Shown in Court
Samy El-Goarany was killed in Syria in November 2015.
MIDDLETOWN, NY — A video made by an Orange County man who died more than a year ago fighting for ISIS in Syria was viewed by a federal jury hearing a case against Ahmed Mohammed El-Gammal in Manhattan.
In the video, Samy El-Goarany, a Goshen High School graduate, sits on the floor, looks into the camera and says that no one helped him or influenced him in his decision to join ISIS, the Times Herald-Record said.
El-Goarany lived with his parents in Goshen until January 2015 when he flew to Turkey and then to Syria. He was killed in November 2015.
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His identity was revealed in court in October 2016.
El-Gammal is on trial because federal prosecutors said he helped El-Goarany get to Syria and recruited him, the Daily Beast said.
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The short video had been referred to in filings previously, but had never been shown in court until Wednesday.
For more, read the Times Herald-Record and the Daily Beast.
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