Sweden indicts two over Daesh links and terror charges
Sweden has indicted two men on terrorism charges, accusing them of having links to the Daesh Takfiri group in Syria.
Swedish anti-terror prosecutors said on Monday that the two men will be tried for terrorism charges as they have been involved in a crime which was intended to “damage the state of Syria and instill fear in the people.”
Chief Prosecutor Agnetha Hilding Qvarnstrom said in a statement that the suspects, 30 and 32, are accused of slitting the throats of two men in Syria in 2013.
“The two men charged in Gothenburg District Court are Swedish nationals who went to Syria to fight,” Qvarnstrom said.
She added that photographic and video evidence shows the decapitations by the men who “both expressed joy over the deeds.”
Qvarnstrom said the two could also be linked to Daesh, the terror group which controls areas in Syria, including territories around Aleppo.
“The difficulty is to fully determine whether these men have been part of an armed group and acted within the framework of an armed conflict or not,” the chief prosecutor added.
Meanwhile, the court’s chief judge said the complex nature of the case is rooted in the fact that the suspects are the first to be tried in Sweden for such crimes.
“We have two individuals who are supposedly part of IS (Daesh) who will be on trial. This is the first case in Sweden where it is being alleged that they have been down there to fight and committed crimes down there,” Ralf Larsson said.
The pair, arrested in July 2015, could face a life sentence which in Sweden means a minimum of 20-25 years in prison. The trial is expected to begin on Thursday in Goteborg District Court.
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