US EditionSweden Verdict Due over Pilot Burned Alive
SWEDEN, JUL 31 – Osama Krayem was sentenced to life for serious war crimes and terrorism linked to the 2015 killing and prior attacks in Paris and Brussels, prosecutors said.
- On July 31, 2025, Swedish courts sentenced Osama Krayem to life in prison for his role in the 2015 burning death of Jordanian pilot Muath al-Kasasbeh in Syria.
- Krayem, who had previously been convicted in France and Belgium for multiple IS-linked attacks, was indicted earlier this year for grave war crimes connected to his activities in Syria dating back to late 2014.
- The court found Krayem actively participated in forcing al-Kasasbeh into the cage where he was burned alive, with the killing widely publicized in a 2015 propaganda video sparking international outrage.
- The Paris and Brussels IS attacks linked to Krayem killed over 160 people and wounded hundreds, including the 2016 Brussels bombings with 32 fatalities, while the pilot’s brother testified to ongoing trauma.
- Krayem’s sentencing reflects Sweden’s use of international law to prosecute war crimes abroad and underscores his continued involvement in IS terrorism despite prior convictions.
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On Thursday 31 July, a Swedish jihadist sentenced to life imprisonment in Stockholm. Osama Krayem was convicted of having participated in the killing of a Jordanian pilot, burned alive in a cage by the Islamic State organization in Syria. The scene had been filmed and broadcast on social media in 2015.
Swedish jihadist gets life for role in burning Jordanian pilot alive in IS cage execution
STOCKHOLM, Aug 1 — A Stockholm court on Thursday handed down a life term to Swedish jihadist Osama Krayem over the 2015 murder of a Jordanian pilot burned alive by the Islamic State group in Syria.The Swedish court was the first to try a person over the killing that sparked outrage around the world.Judge Anna Liljenberg Gullesjo said “the investigation has shown that the defendant was at the execution site, uniformed and armed, and allowed himse…
Terrorist Osama Krayem was again sentenced to life imprisonment in Sweden for the murder of a Jordanian air force pilot. The pilot was burned alive in 2014 after his plane was shot down by the terrorist organization ISIS. Krayem had already been convicted of his involvement in the attacks in Brussels in 2016 and his involvement in the attacks in Paris in 2015.
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