Sweden: Another Murder

Kiruna


Even in Kiruna, the northernmost city in Sweden, they have to deal with murders by Afghan asylum-seekers. Translation by Fousesquawk.


https://nyheteridag.se/misstankta-for-knivmord-i-kiruna-begars-haktade/

Suspected for Stabbing death in Kiruna: Request to Remand in Custody

Kiruna- (Prosecutors have requested) that a father and his two sons  remain in custody for the stabbing murder of a 21-year-old man in Kiruna. The suspects are Afghan  citizens, and the two sons also have Swedish citizenship.


It was on Wednesday evening that a 21-year-old man was stabbed to death on a bus in Kiruna. Three persons, a father in his 40s and his two minor sons, are under arrest suspected of the murder.

Prosecutor Lindha Strömberg has requested that the men remain in custody, and proceedings  will be held Friday afternoon. According to a press release, the three suspects admit to events but deny the crime.

The prosecutor tells SVT that the suspects were acquainted with the victim.

"Yes, they know each other or are acquainted in any case. This is not an unknown random incident, it is not," says Lindha  Strömberg, who doesn't want to comment further on the motive issue.

The father and one of his sons maintain that they acted in self defense, reports Aftonbladet.

Nyheter Idag has taken part of the arrest (documents) that show that the father and his sons are Afghan citizens. According to the Swedish Tax Agency, the trio came to Sweden from Iran, like many other Afghans who have come to Sweden, in recent years. They were registered in 2015 by the Swedish Tax Agency as immigrants to Sweden. According to Samnytt, however, they have been in Sweden since 2012 and requested asylum and received permanent residency on the second attempt.

All of them are suspected on probable cause for murder and have no previous convictions in Sweden.