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Swedish man gets life term over 2015 burning killing of Jordanian pilot

Prosecutors Henrik Olin and Reena Devgun attend a news conference on May 27 in Stockholm, Sweden. The Swedish Prosecution Authority had indicted Osama Krayem for gross war crimes and terrorism in Syria [File: Jonas Ekstromer/ TT News Agency/via Reuters]

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”.

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