Stockholm court finds Osama Krayem guilty of ‘serious war crimes and terrorist crimes’ over ISIL killing of Muath al-Kassasbeh in Syria.
A court in Sweden has sentenced a Swedish man to life in prison over his role in the killing of a Jordanian pilot who was burned alive in a cage by ISIL (ISIS) in Syria in 2015.
Judge Anna Liljenberg Gullesjo said in a statement on Thursday that the investigation has shown the defendant – identified in court documents as Osama Krayem – was “at the execution site, uniformed and armed, and allowed himself to be filmed”.
While the video evidence showed that another man actually lit the fire that killed Muath al-Kassasbeh, the judge at the Stockholm District Court said the “defendant’s actions contributed so significantly to the death of the victim that he should be considered a perpetrator”.
Krayem is already serving long prison sentences for his role in the Paris and Brussels attacks in 2015 and 2016 – 30 years and life, respectively. He was transferred to Sweden from France to stand trial in Stockholm.
