Overview

• Swedish prosecutors have indicted 32-year-old Osama Krayem on gross war crimes and terrorism charges linked to the execution of Jordanian pilot Muath al-Kasasbeh.
• Authorities accuse Krayem of coercing al-Kasasbeh into a cage and posing for camera footage that was used as Islamic State propaganda.
• Krayem was temporarily transferred from France, where he is serving sentences for the 2015 Paris and 2016 Brussels attacks, to face trial at the Stockholm district court.
• Under Sweden’s universal jurisdiction law, individuals can be prosecuted for international crimes committed abroad.
• If convicted, Krayem will be returned to France to complete his existing prison terms after his Swedish trial.