Swedish prosecutors have requested the pre-trial detention of Osama Krayem for his alleged involvement in the 2014 murder of a Jordanian pilot in Syria.
The 32-year-old Krayem is currently serving a 30-year prison sentence in France. In 2023, he was sentenced to life imprisonment in Brussels for his role in the 22 March 2016 attacks.
The request for his detention, which the court will rule on Tuesday, is a standard procedure before a formal indictment when the suspect is abroad.
A Jordanian Air Force plane was shot down on 24 December 2014. Members of the Islamic State (IS) terror organisation captured the pilot near Raqqa in central Syria.
The pilot was reportedly locked in a cage and burned alive. His execution was filmed and the footage was widely disseminated.
"No other person has been prosecuted for this act. The man whose detention we have requested could be the first to be prosecuted," the Public Prosecution Office said in a statement. Swedish authorities have described this as "one of the most brutal murders carried out by IS during the Syrian war."
Krayem is originally from Malmö, Sweden. He joined IS in Syria in 2014 but later returned to Europe.
