Osama Krayem wants to serve his sentence in Sweden – Expressen

Terror Swede Osama Krayem wants to serve his prison sentence in Sweden, according to Swedish radio news.

The 23-year-old from Malmo is linked to the terrorist attacks in Brussels this year and Paris in the autumn .

– There is of course a critical factor if you are a Swedish citizen, says Lisa Gezelius, head of the Prison Service legal department, if Krayems wishes.

Osama Krayem, born and raised in Malmö, is accused of involvement in the two brutal acts of terrorism that killed 160 people .

the 23-year-old’s DNA was found on several places in Paris where the terrorists who struck in November 2015 was hiding. And after the two bombings in Brussels in March he was seen on surveillance footage along with the suicide bomber Khalid el-Bakraoui who – shortly after he had been with Krayem – blew up his bomb in the subway.

Krayem suspected to have been deeply involved in planning and execution of the violent attacks and is accused of terrorist crimes, participation in the activities performed by a terror group and murder.

Now he wants to Sweden.

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According to information to the Swedish radio news want 23-year-old to serve his prison sentence in Sweden, if convicted. It is not his defense attorney wants to go to, but if so it is not impossible that he gets his way.

– Under the law, you should look at if you are a Swedish citizen and resident of Sweden. So it is not citizenship alone that we look at, but it is so clearly a weighty factor if you are a Swedish citizen, says Lisa Gezelius, head of the Prison Service legal department, to echo.

After a change in the law, which conducted last year, may be just that kind of handovers Krayem asking implemented.

Even people who are not Swedish citizens, but that only has links to Sweden, to be able to serve his sentence in Sweden easier for the amendment, said echo on .

– But with the requirement that they would have lived in Sweden for five years, and are expected to retain their right of residence – a residence permit. There is thus Sweden decided to go further, prosecutors said Ashraf Ahmed, who was in the investigation as an expert.

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