Stockholm court docket finds Osama Krayem responsible of ‘critical warfare crimes and terrorist crimes’ over ISIL killing of Muath al-Kassasbeh in Syria.
A court docket in Sweden has sentenced a Swedish man to life in jail over his function within the killing of a Jordanian pilot who was burned alive in a cage by ISIL (ISIS) in Syria in 2015.
Decide Anna Liljenberg Gullesjo stated in an announcement on Thursday that the investigation has proven the defendant – recognized in court docket paperwork as Osama Krayem – was “on the execution website, uniformed and armed, and allowed himself to be filmed”.
Whereas the video proof confirmed that one other man truly lit the fireplace that killed Muath al-Kassasbeh, the decide on the Stockholm District Courtroom stated the “defendant’s actions contributed so considerably to the dying of the sufferer that he ought to be thought-about a perpetrator”.
Krayem is already serving lengthy jail sentences for his function within the Paris and Brussels attacks in 2015 and 2016 – 30 years and life, respectively. He was transferred to Sweden from France to face trial in Stockholm.
The 32-year-old, who has denied performing with intent, was given a life time period for “critical warfare crimes and terrorist crimes”. There was no fast remark by his Swedish lawyer.
Ugly killing
On December 24, 2014, an plane belonging to the Royal Jordanian Air Pressure crashed in Syria.
The pilot was captured the identical day by fighters belonging to the ISIL (ISIS) armed group, which on the time managed huge swaths of Syria and Iraq. He was burned to dying someday earlier than February 3, 2015, when a grotesque video emerged, in accordance with the prosecution.
Within the 22-minute footage, the 26-year-old sufferer is seen strolling previous a number of masked ISIL fighters, together with Krayem, in accordance with prosecutors. The pilot is then seen being locked within the cage and praying as he’s set on fireplace.
The Swedish court docket was the primary to attempt an individual over the notorious killing. Below Swedish legislation, courts can attempt people for violations of worldwide legislation dedicated overseas.
Al-Kassasbeh’s killing prompted worldwide outrage and shocked Jordan, which on the time was collaborating within the United States-led coalition’s strikes in opposition to ISIL positions in Syria – the reason ISIL gave for killing the Jordanian pilot.
Jordan had declared a interval of mourning following al-Kassasbeh’s killing.
