Anger in Sweden after video of Syrian asylum seeker pushing 91-year-old widow down stairs before violently robbing her as she visits her husband’s grave

Sweden is set to deport a Syrian asylum seeker after a shocking video showed him forcibly pushing a 91-year-old woman down a flight of stairs before she ran away with her gold necklaces.

Karam Kanjo, 26, was caught on CCTV attacking the elderly victim as she headed to her husband’s grave on August 29 this year.

Footage showed Kanjo, who entered Sweden during Europe’s migrant crisis in 2015, grabbing his elderly victim halfway up the stairs at Sollentuna station, about 12 kilometers northwest of Stockholm.

The victim struggles for a second, before the pair tumble down the stairs while he holds her necklaces, seriously injuring the victim. A witness to the attack was seen running to safety, leaving the elderly woman behind.

After the pair rolled to the bottom of the stairs, Kanjo stood up and yanked her chains off of her, before calmly walking away, leaving the older woman on the ground as two female commuters walked down the stairs to help her.

According to court documents obtained by MailOnline, the necklaces were gifts she received more than 40 years ago.

The pair were seen halfway up a flight of stairs in the train station before he grabbed her necklaces

He was seen dragging the woman to the ground before ripping the chain off her

The victim was on her way to her husband’s grave when the attack occurred

Karam Kanjo (pictured) has been sentenced to five and a half years in prison for the attack

When the victim was questioned by police, she said she was terrified by the event and had never experienced such violence in her life.

Last Monday he was sentenced to five-and-a-half years in prison and ordered deported back to Syria after being convicted of aggravated robbery, a breach of Sweden’s knife laws and a drug offense.

He must also pay her compensation of 93,100 Swedish kronor (£6,649).

Kanjo, a convicted rapist, has also committed at least 19 crimes since his arrival in 2015, including aggravated theft and attempted aggravated theft.

He was sentenced to two and a half years in prison for raping a woman in 2021, but was released with almost a year left on his sentence.

A judge said Kanjo’s crime was “life-threatening” given the age of his victim.

The judge said the elderly woman ‘suffered swelling over her left hip and left arm, bruising on the legs, bruising on the left arm and heavy skin scraping around the neck from the chains.

“The swelling set in and (caused) pain for several weeks.”

‘Even a fall to the ground could have caused serious fractures. Now the fall happened carelessly down a flight of stairs.

“It appears to be a fortunate coincidence that (the victim) did not sustain any very serious injuries in the fall. Although no legal statement or the like has been submitted in the case, the court is of the opinion that given the age (of the victim), it is clear that the violence that Karam Kanjo used against her was life-threatening.’

He will also be banned from returning to Sweden after he is deported, according to court documents.

Kanjo will also be deported due to the twisted attack

He entered Sweden during the European migration crisis in 2015

Despite fighting to have the deportation order overturned, Swedish authorities told the Attunda court that his “link with Sweden… is very weak.”

“According to the Norwegian Correctional Service’s investigation, he lives in destructive social conditions, without housing of his own and is unemployed,” the court was told.

He reportedly told the court that if he was sent home, he would ‘subjected to torture or inhuman treatment.’

But the Swedish Migration Agency said that since he is old enough to join the army, it is possible for him to evade conscription.