Sweden has announced the relaunch of an investigation into the 1986 murder of its prime minister, Olof Palme, which is still a mystery despite countless leads. Palme was gunned down in the street after leaving a Stockholm cinema with his wife, a killing that sent shockwaves through the country. Olof Palme murder inquiry takes another twist with revoked alibi Read moreThe gunman ran off with the murder weapon, leaving the charismatic Social Democratic leader dying in a pool of blood on the pavement. Krister Petersson, a chief prosecutor notably for organised crime in Stockholm, will lead the new investigation. “It is an interesting and important task.”Petersson also handled the trial of John Ausonius, who shot 11 immigrants in the 1990s – some of them using a laser sight, earning him the nickname “Laser Man”.

Source: The Guardian November 15, 2016 23:09 UTC