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February 12, 2012
Swede held for killing friend in Colombia
Published: 22 Sep 09 09:32 CET | Double click on a word to get a translation
Online: http://www.thelocal.se/22216/20090922/
A 23-year-old Swedish man is in custody in Stockholm for allegedly committing a murder in Colombia.
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The 23-year-old was arrested in his Stockholm-area home last Thursday after Colombian authorities requested assistance with the case from their Swedish counterparts.
The man has since been remanded in custody on suspicion of murder.
The alleged murder took place in the city of Giordota, north of Medellin, in April 2007 after the Swede began behaving inappropriately in front of two women.
When a friend asked the him to stop, the 23-year-old is said to have stabbed the friend to death.
The prosecutor in the case, Aino Alhem, refused to divulge what evidence he had tying the man to the crime, adding that he is still looking into holding another remand hearing for the 23-year-old in order to strengthen the suspicions against him.
Alhem also remained silent as to whether the victim in the case was also a Swedish citizen.
“I won’t comment on that now,” he told Aftonbladet.
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Oh let's see; "committing a murder in Colombia" and "holds both Colombian and Swedish citizenship".
The word "FRIEND" is not appropriate here. I really wonder for how long he knew the "FRIEND" b4 stabbing him 5 times.
this guy might have a swedish passport , but he is probably fo colombian origin. as for why or how he ended up wiht a swedish passport? , well, he might be a pig headed FARC rebel who was granted asylum.
this is happening all the time, they get their new nationalitys and they come back to keep their agenda.
Please watch this news report by a Norwegian news crew concerning events in Sweden :
http://tinyurl.com/mke7lb
After watching that video you might begin to understand why many Swedish people have such a negative opinion of people from certain countries outside of Western and Northern Europe.
Dude, I don't know for how long you've been outta Colombia. Me for a very long time and from all the people with EU pasports I've met, NONE of them look like FARC. You are obsesed like the rest of the country. Think a bit; do you realy thing a guy from the farc would kill that "friend" with a --KNIFE--??? Most of european countries give pasports to nearly anybody who's been there for more than 5 6 or 7 years. Why do you have to talk about the f**g farc aaaaalllll the time??? I know it's a big thing but for f***k sake mate. This is only a piece of s**t like many in colombia and everywhere, but not a terrorist. Can't you tell?