The case is considered unique as the other jihadists involved in the brutal killing, which sparked international outrage at the time, are presumed dead, Swedish prosecutor Henrik Olin told AFP.
He now faces charges of “serious war crimes and terrorist crimes” for his alleged role in the killing of the Jordanian pilot.
The pilot was captured the same day by fighters from the Islamic State (IS) group near the central city of Raqqa and burned alive in a cage sometime before February 3, 2015, when a video of the killing was published, according to the prosecution.
The killing shocked Jordan, which was participating in the US-led coalition’s strikes against IS positions in Syria.
“Osama Krayem, in uniform and armed, guarded and led the victim Maaz al-Kassasbeh to a metal cage, where the latter was then locked up. One of the co-perpetrators then set fire to Maaz al-Kassasbeh, who had no possibility to defend himself or call for help,“ Devgun said.
He appeared calm as the prosecution laid out the charges.
In the video, the victim is seen walking past several masked IS fighters, including Krayem, according to prosecutors.
Prosecutors have been unable to determine the exact date of the murder but the investigation has identified the location where it took place.
Bringing the case to trial was the result of extensive cooperation with officials in Belgium, France and the United States, prosecutor Olin said last week when the formal charges were pressed.
Other evidence in the case includes conversations on social media, including one where Krayem asks a person if he has seen a new video “where a man gets fried”, according to the investigation, a copy of which has been viewed by AFP.
The other person replies: “Hahaha, yes, I saw the eyebrow.”
“He denies the acts for which he is prosecuted,“ she said.
Krayem, who is from Malmo in southern Sweden, joined the IS group in Syria in 2014 before returning to Europe in September 2015.
In June 2022, he was sentenced to 30 years in prison in France for helping plan the November 2015 Paris attacks in which 130 people were killed.
Krayem has been temporarily handed over to Sweden to participate in the Stockholm trial, which is scheduled to last until June 26.
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