Two Swedish men — aged 32 and 30 — were sentenced to life in prison on Monday for taking part in executions in Syria in 2013, Reuters reported.
A search of one of their homes turned up a USB stick containing films showing the killings, Swedish district court was told.
A video presented in court showed masked men standing around three men on their knees with their hands tied behind their backs. Two of the victims have their throats slit. The head of one is cut off and held up for display. Their captors — including the men identified by the prosecutor as the two Swedes — are seen cheering.
The court did not name the organization the men fought for but said it was proven that the men sympathized with a regime based on Shariah law and the creation of a caliphate. The two men pleaded not guilty, claiming they had not been among the masked men.
