Former US stockbroker convicted of training snipers for terror group

Ruslan Maratovich Asainov, right, answers questions while in custody during an interview with an FBI agent. Asainov, a former New York stockbroker-turned-Islamic State group militant, has been convicted of becoming a sniper and trainer for the extremist group during its brutal reign in Syria and Iraq. (US Attorney’s Office/AP)

A former New York stockbroker has been convicted of becoming a sniper and trainer for the so-called Islamic State terrorist group.

The trial of Ruslan Maratovich Asainov, a Kazakh-born US citizen, was the latest in a series of cases against people accused of leaving their homelands around the world to join the militants in combat.