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Swedish prosecutor refuses to reopen Olof Palme murder investigation (dpa-international.com)
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The Swedish public prosecutor said on Thursday that the investigation into the murder of former prime minister Olof Palme, who was killed nearly 40 years ago, will not be reopened, but cast doubt over the evidence provided for naming the chief suspect.

Palme, a Social Democrat, was fatally shot on a Stockholm street shortly before midnight on February 28, 1986, while on his way home from the cinema with his wife, who suffered a graze wound.

In 2020, investigators were finally certain they could name the alleged perpetrator: a man who had long since died, named Stig Engström, often referred to in Sweden as the "Skandia man."

However, because Engström had been dead since 2000, no charges could be brought against him.

In late September, prosecutors received a request to reopen the investigation given the possibility of new DNA technology that could be used to analyse samples from Palme's coat.

On Thursday, Director of Prosecution Lennart Guné said in a statement that "there are currently no circumstances known to me that have the potential to lead a reopened investigation to prosecution and conviction."

"I have found that I do not have grounds to reopen the investigation in order to conduct renewed analyses and samples of Olof Palme's coat," Guné said in the statement.

Nonetheless, he said that after reviewing the evidence against the deceased suspect, it is "not sufficient to form the basis for identifying him as the designated perpetrator."

Guné said that while the case would not be reopened, the reason for closing the inquiry would be changed: "Based on the investigation material that is now available, it is not possible to prove who the perpetrator is and further investigation cannot be assumed to change the evidence in a decisive way."

An afternoon press conference on Thursday could reveal more details.

A Swedish trauma

The crime and the subsequent slow-moving investigation were a great trauma for the Swedish nation.

The case is considered Sweden's biggest criminal case of the past century and is to the Scandinavian country roughly what the assassination of John F Kennedy was to the United States. International interest was also enormous.

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[–] HowRu68@lemmy.world 5 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

I'd forgotten about that. It's always been so utterly suspicious. I remember watching some docs.

Just found this docu link