Osama Krayem | |
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| Born | 16 August 1992 Malmö, Sweden |
| Status | Incarcerated |
| Known for | 2016 Brussels bombings |
| Allegiance |  Brussels Islamic State |
| Conviction(s) |
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| Details | |
| Date | 22 March 2016 |
| Location(s) | Brussels, Belgium |
| Killed | 32 |
| Injured | 340 |
Date apprehended | 8 April 2016 |
Osama Krayem (Arabic: أسامة كريم, born 16 August 1992), also known as Naïm or Naim al Hamed,[1] is a Swedish-Syrian convicted terrorist and mass murderer involved in the 2016 Brussels bombings.[2][3] He was one of five men arrested on 8 April 2016 by the Belgian police.[4][5]
He was present at the burning alive of the Jordanian pilot Muath al-Kasasbeh of which Barack Obama described as "vicious".[6][7]
On July 25, 2023 Krayem was found guilty of terrorist murder in the 2016 attacks. Krayem had been seen with the Metro bomber who blew himself up at Maelbeek. He too had a backpack full of explosives but did not detonate them.
- ^ "'Man in the hat': Brussels airport suspect in custody". CNN. 9 April 2016.
- ^ "Osama Krayem, a Swedish radical linked to Brussels attacks". France24. AFP. 9 April 2016. Archived from the original on 10 April 2016.
- ^ Paris Match': Qui est Osama Krayem, complice présumé des kamikazes de Bruxelles? (in French)
- ^ "Osama Krayem caught thanks to Facebook wall, DNA and CCTV". Flanders news. 9 April 2016.
- ^ Aftonbladet: Uppgifter: Osama, 23, från Malmö gripen för Brysseldådet (in Swedish)
- ^ "IS group claims to have burned Jordanian pilot alive". 3 February 2015.
- ^ Michael Fitzpatrick (14 January 2022). "Paris attacks suspect returns to the box but keeps vow of silence". Radio France Internationale. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
He has been identified among those who witnessed the burning alive of a Jordanian air force pilot captured by Islamic State.