Lindh Murder Suspect Cares About 'Injustice'

Reuters via Yahoo! News ^ | October 10, 2003 | Stephen Brown

[Pan_Yans Wife]

The man suspected of killing Swedish Foreign Minister Anna Lindh is 24, the son of immigrants from former Yugoslavia, is not interested in weapons, does not take drugs and cares about "injustice."

Documents released to Reuters on Friday by an appeals court, following an ethical debate about naming a man who has not yet been charged and maintains his innocence, gave no clues to any motive for the knife attack a month ago on 46-year-old Lindh.

The man, arrested two weeks ago, is named as Mijailo Mijailovic, born in Sweden in 1978. He spent a few years at school in his parents' homeland, identified in the documents as "the former Yugoslavia." He now lives with them in a Stockholm suburb after dropping out of Swedish high school.

Newspapers in Serbia say the family came from the village of Przutiovac and that the suspect's grandfather emigrated to Sweden in 1970 to work in a margarine factory.

"Mijailovic states that he has never had any interest in weapons. His biggest interest is American movies, especially films with Tom Cruise in the leading role," read the document taken from his own statement in a psychiatric evaluation.

"Mijailovic is also interested in 'injustices in the world' but cannot in today's conversation describe in greater detail his thoughts on this," read the documents, which also referred to previous court cases but without giving any details.

It went on to say he "denies taking narcotics, either by injection or orally. He has tried alcohol on a few occasions but never to get drunk." There was no comment about whether these statements had been validated by police investigations.

The murder of the woman who had been tipped as Sweden's next national leader rekindled memories of the 1986 assassination of Prime Minister Olof Palme a few streets away.

Lindh's murder came a few days before a referendum on joining the euro, for which she had been a prominent campaigner. Swedes rejected euro membership.

Mijailovic was remanded in custody for two more weeks on Thursday, giving police and prosecutors until October 24 to have him charged or released.

Police said results of tests of genetic code, or DNA, taken from the knife used to kill Lindh received from a British laboratory this week "strengthened" their case.

[Pan_Yans Wife]

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[Charles Henrickson]

Hej! to the Swedish Ping List.

[Charles Henrickson]

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[Charles Henrickson]

An artist's impression of lawyer Peter Althin, right, who turns towards his client, Mijail Mijailovic, concealed by a yellow jail blanket, during his appearance at a district court in Stockholm, Thursday Oct. 9, 2003. The court decided to keep Mijail Mijailovic, suspected in the stabbing death of Foreign Minister Anna Lindh, detained for at least another two weeks to give prosecutors more time to finish their investigation into the murder. The woman to the left is Anna Lise Detthoff, chairman of the court with an unidentified aidee seated beside her. Mijailovic is keeping the blanket open for the judge to see him.

Peter Althin, the lawyer representing Mijailo Mijailovic, leaves the security chamber of the district court in Stockholm and talks to the media, Thursday, Oct. 9.

[Charles Henrickson]

This is a handout photo from Swedish Mail of stamps commemorating murdered Swedish Foreign Minister Anna Lindh. The stamps feature a portrait from March 2003. They will be released two months after Lindh's assassination, on Oct. 11 2003.

[Charles Henrickson]

Is it just me, or has he lost weight?

. . . . . . . .Mijail Mijailovic, Sept. 26 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mijail Mijailovic, Oct. 9

[Pan_Yans Wife]

You're right. And his pallor is kind of yellow. I wonder if he has jaundice? :)

[Pan_Yans Wife]

On second thought... I just have to say that he is SUCH a coward. Why does he have to hide behind the blanket? UGH!

[white trash redneck]

Any info on whether this Serb practices the Religion of Peace?

[BenLurkin]

lol!