Palme was gunned down on Feb. 28, 1986, after he and his wife, Lisbet Palme, left a movie theatre in the Swedish capital. Marten Palme, the son of Olof and Lisbet Palme, told Swedish radio that, "I also think Engstrom is the perpetrator." Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven, a Social Democrat like Palme, was holding a news conference later Wednesday on the murder. The conviction was later overturned after police failed to produce any technical evidence against him, leaving the murder an unsolved mystery. In Sweden, the Palme murder has been an open wound for decades.

Source: CBC News June 10, 2020 06:36 UTC