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Three in custody following balcony death

A 39-year-old man has been remanded into custody on suspicions of murder in Bredäng in southern Stockholm following the death of another man who fell from a balcony.

Published: 1 August 2009 10:23 CEST

Two women suspected of illegal imprisonment and abuse were remanded at the same time.

On Tuesday, several people witnessed an older man fall from a fourth-floor balcony in the Stockholm suburb. At first, the police believed the man had jumped, but they then arrested the man and two women, who were found in the apartment shortly after the incident.

Following drawn-out negotations, the 39-year-old man was remanded on Friday afternoon by the Södertörn district court on suspicions of murder. The women were remanded for allegedly illegally imprisoning and abusing the man.

According to the TT news agency, the 60-year-old victim made a multi-million kronor deal where he sold off several business units of a successful company he founded.

The circumstances surrounding the incident are unclear. The remand negotiations were held behind closed doors and prosecutor Södertörn declined to comment.

The 39-year-old man’s lawyer is not allowed to comment either, other than the say that his client denies the accusations and hopes to be found innocent.

“The district court’s decision is a clear indication that the current evidence won’t stand up,” laywer Sargon De Basso told TT.

The prosecutor now has a week to gather evidence and new court negotiations must be held by next Friday.

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POLITICS

Over a thousand people join protest against Stockholm attack

Over a thousand people joined a demonstration in Gubbängen, southern Stockholm, on Saturday, protesting Wednesday's attack by far-right extremists on a lecture organised by the Left and Green parties.

Published: 27 April 2024 15:36 CEST
Over a thousand people join protest against Stockholm attack

The demonstration, which was organised by the Left Party and the Green Party together with Expo, an anti-extremist magazine, was held outside the Moment theatre, where masked assailants attacked a lecture organised by the two parties on Wednesday. 

In the attack, the assailants – described as Nazis by Expo – let off smoke grenades and assaulted several people, three of whom were hospitalised. 

“Let’s say it how it is: this was a terror attack and that is something we can never accept,” said Amanda Lind, who is expected to be voted in as the joint leader of the Green Party on Sunday. 

She said that those who had attended the lecture had hoped to swap ideas about how to combat racism. 

“Instead they had to experience smoke bombs, assault and were forced to think ‘have they got weapons’?. The goal of this attack was to use violence to generate fear and silence people,” she said.  

EXPLAINED: What we know about the attack on a Swedish anti-fascist meeting

More than a thousand people gathered to protest the attack on a theatre in Gubbängen, Stockholm. Photo: Oscar Olsson/TT

Nooshi Dadgostar, leader of the Left Party, said that that society needed to stand up against this type of extreme-right violence. 

“We’re here today to show that which should be obvious: we will not give up, we will stand up for ourselves, and we shall never be silenced by racist violence,” said said.

Sofia Zwahlen, one of the protesters at the demonstration, told the DN newspaper that it felt positive that so many had turned up to show their opposition to the attacks. 

“It feels extremely good that there’s been this reaction, that we are coming together. I’m always a little worried about going to this sort of demonstration. But this feels safe.”

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