Wikipedia's first sentence called it “swedish national of syrian origin and a suspected terrorist involved in the 2016 brussels bombings”. Today it says “swedish-born convicted terrorist and mass murderer”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “A Swedish-Syrian terrorist”. It now reads “Swedish terrorist (born 1992)”.
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Osama Krayem ( Arabic : أسامة كريم , born 16 August 1992), also known as Naïm or Naim al Hamed , is a Swedish-born Syrian convicted terrorist and mass murderer. He was involved in the 2015 Paris bombings and the 2016 Brussels bombings . In June 2022 he was sentenced to 30 years in prison for having assisted planning of the Paris attacks including obtained weapons. In Brussels, he was one of five men arrested on 8 April 2016 by the Belgian police. On 25 July 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. Krayem was present at the burning alive of the Jordanian pilot Muath al-Kasasbeh of which U.S. President Barack Obama described as "vicious". Paris Match': Qui est Osama Krayem, complice présumé des kamikazes de Bruxelles? (in French) "Osama Krayem caught thanks to Facebook wall, DNA and CCTV" . Aftonbladet : Uppgifter: Osama, 23, från Malmö gripen för Brysseldådet (in Swedish) "IS group claims to have burned Jordanian pilot alive" . 3 February 2015. He has been identified among those who witnessed the burning alive of a Jordanian air force pilot captured by Islamic State.
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The opening as it stood in 2020
A Swedish-Syrian terrorist Osama Krayem (born 16 August 1992), also known as Naïm or Naim al Hamed , is a Swedish national of Syrian origin and a suspected terrorist involved in the 2016 Brussels bombings . He was one of five men arrested on 8 April 2016 by the Belgian police. Paris Match': Qui est Osama Krayem, complice présumé des kamikazes de Bruxelles? (in French) "Osama Krayem caught thanks to Facebook wall, DNA and CCTV" .
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
Swedish-Syrian terrorist and mass murderer Osama Krayem ( , born 16 August 1992), also known as Naïm or Naim al Hamed , is a Swedish-Syrian convicted terrorist and mass murderer involved in the 2016 Brussels bombings . He was one of five men arrested on 8 April 2016 by the Belgian police. He was present at the burning alive of the Jordanian pilot Muath al-Kasasbeh of which Barack Obama described as "vicious".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. Paris Match': Qui est Osama Krayem, complice présumé des kamikazes de Bruxelles? (in French) "Osama Krayem caught thanks to Facebook wall, DNA and CCTV" . Aftonbladet : Uppgifter: Osama, 23, från Malmö gripen för Brysseldådet (in Swedish) "IS group claims to have burned Jordanian pilot alive" . 3 February 2015.He has been identified among those who witnessed the burning alive of a Jordanian air force pilot captured by Islamic State.
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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “swedish national of syrian origin and a suspected terrorist involved in the 2016 brussels bombings”. Today it says “swedish-born convicted terrorist and mass murderer”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “A Swedish-Syrian terrorist”. It now reads “Swedish terrorist (born 1992)”. Read the current article and compare.
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swedish national of syrian origin and a suspected terrorist involved in the 2016 brussels bombings
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swedish-born convicted terrorist and mass murderer
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