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HONOUR-KILLING

New trial in Landskrona honour killing case

A teenager convicted for killing his older sister has demanded to be freed and a new trial starts Tuesday.

In January, the 17-year-old boy was sentenced to eight years in prison for murdering his 19-year-old sister in Landskrona, south Sweden.

A district court judged that “honour motives” were behind the murder, but the boy, who was 16 at the time of the killing, is demanding to be freed.

The case will now be re-tried in the Malmö Court of Appeals.

The boy’s lawyer, Urban Jansson, has criticized his client’s long detention period, telling news agency TT that it does not befit Sweden as a country governed by the rule of law.

The 19-year-old woman was found dead in her apartment in Landskrona on April 23rd last year. She had multiple stab wounds to her body.

She had previously lived in a foster home and had recently celebrated her 19th birthday in the apartment.

She had returned to Sweden after fleeing a forced marriage in Iraq.

Representatives of the Malmö-based organization Tänk om, which works to stop honour-related crimes, told local media that the woman had been in touch with them for one year since returning to Sweden and that she slept with a knife under her pillow for fear of reprisals over her escape.

They claimed local authorities had ignored their warnings that the woman was under threat and needed protection.

Police arrested the woman’s 16-year-old brother after finding him outside the apartment, tabloid Aftonbladet reported at the time.

The trial starts Tuesday.

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FOOTBALL

Football fans stabbed ahead of Rome derby

Two unnamed Roma fans were rushed to hospital in a serious condition after being stabbed prior to the city derby against Lazio on Monday, reports in Italy said.

Football fans stabbed ahead of Rome derby
Lazio's fans cheer prior the Italian Serie A football match SS Lazio vs AS Roma. Photo: Alberto Pizzoli/AFP

Tension reigned in the Italian capital ahead of the penultimate match of the Serie A season, which saw Roma beat Lazio 2-1.

Violence flared at several hotspots in the hours leading up to the final and two fans were rushed to the Gemelli hospital after being stabbed in the stomach, according to La Gazzetta dello Sport website.

The report added that a group of hardline 'ultra' fans with links to Polish top flight side Wislaw Krakow were 'guests' of Lazio's notorious Curva Nord (North End), where some of the club's hooligan, right-wing element congregate at matches.

The fans from Poland, according to Gazzetta, were filmed earlier in the day walking through Rome behind a banner, making fascist salutes and shouting insults at Roma fans.

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