US EditionProsecutor finds no reason to reopen case of unsolved 1986 murder of Swedish PM Olof Palme
The investigation remains closed after authorities ruled new DNA evidence insufficient; over 10,000 people were questioned during the inquiry, the prosecutor said.
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The investigation into the murder of the Social Democratic Prime Minister in 1986 is again classified as "unsolved", following a decision by the Attorney General, who considers that the evidence against the alleged perpetrator of the murder is not sufficient.
In 1983, the then Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme died from gunfire. Decades later, authorities introduced a long since deceased as a suspected murderer.
Prosecutor finds no reason to reopen case of unsolved 1986 murder of Swedish PM Olof Palme
There is no reason to reopen an investigation into the unsolved 1986 murder of Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme, a prosecutor said on Thursday, after finding there was insufficient evidence against a man who had been regarded as the chief suspect.
In 1986, Sweden's former head of government Olof Palme was murdered and a suspected perpetrator was named in 2020. However, the prosecutor's office is now expressing doubts about his perpetratorship.
The journalist wanted to find out if new DNA technology could find new evidence in the coat. The Chief Prosecutor refused to reopen the investigation.
It seemed the big breakthrough when Swedish investigators gave the murderer of Prime Minister Palme a name and a face in 2020. However, the doubts were still big - too big, as the prosecutor's office is now telling us.
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