Adds detail to last night's entry...
Swedish police today arrested the man they had been seeking in connection with the killing of foreign minister Anna Lindh, amid media reports that he was linked to the country’s neo-Nazi organisations. Police did not reveal the name of the suspect, who was tonight arrested in a pub-restaurant in Stockholm’s Solna suburb. A number of media outlets said the suspect was the man police had been hunting since his picture was captured by a video camera at the department store where Lindh was stabbed on September 10. They described him as a 35-year-old who moved in Swedish right-wing extremist circles. "He is close to some of the most notorious neo-Nazis in Sweden," one report said. The suspect was also said to have a criminal record dating back to 1987 and to have served short spells in prison for theft, vandalism and illegal possession of arms, they said.
| Now he can serve a short stint for knifing to death a politician. No telling what he'll do after he gets out this time. Well, actually, there is... |
The man had no fixed address and travelled regularly between Sweden and Switzerland, where he had been receiving treatment for cocaine abuse, they alleged. He was described as unemployed and psychologically unstable. But a psychiatric profile, established in 2002, attested that he had "no serious mental problems", reports said. Police declined to confirm any of the media reports.
| "Slaughters politicians like goats in malls? Of course it's a problem, but I wouldn't call that a serious mental problem..." |
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