Overview

• Prosecutors allege Krayem forced Jordanian pilot Lt. Muath al-Kasasbeh into a cage and posed for the camera before the pilot was burned alive.
• He faces counts of gross war crimes and terrorism under Swedish law that allows courts to try international crimes committed abroad.
• Investigators say the execution was filmed by Islamic State fighters in early 2015 as propaganda, prompting public outrage in Jordan and the execution of two al-Qaeda prisoners.
• Krayem has been temporarily handed over from France, where he is serving a 30-year sentence for the Paris attacks, and he also holds a life term in Belgium for the 2016 Brussels bombings.
• His lawyer disputes the charges, acknowledging Krayem’s presence at the scene but denying that he participated as described by prosecutors.