Fighting breaks out at ‘family feud’ court hearing

A major fight broke out at a courthouse in Malmö on Wednesday morning as rival factions in a family feud resumed hostilities in the waiting room prior to the start of an appeals court hearing.

Published: 1 August 2007 10:49 CEST

Four people were arrested and one person was taken to hospital to be treated for minor injuries.

While there was already a police presence in attendance to deal with any disturbances, a number of extra units needed to be called in to help restore calm. Police used peppar spray to bring the situation under control.

The hearing eventually began at 9.30am after order had been restored.

According to Sydsvenska Dagbladet, nine people were arrested for involvement in an alleged shooting, arson and attempted murder when a family feud turned violent on March 1st this year.

Sweden Democrat politician charged for dismembering colleague

According to the prosecution, the body parts found in plastic bags in central Stockholm came from a man in his 60s murdered in an apartment in Nyköping, south of Stockholm.

The man is said to have been killed by a pistol shot to the head, after which the 60-year-old charged with the murder dismembered the body.

The suspected murderer, who newspaper Expressen reports is a former Sweden Democrat politician, is said to have moved the body parts multiple times, eventually dumping them across the city.

In total, three body parts were found in two different locations – the Karlsberg canal and in the Djurgården park. Not all parts of the body have yet been found.

“We’ve carried out a comprehensive investigation into the victim and the suspect. We can, to some extent, show how and when the suspect moved the body parts,” prosecutor Marina Chirakova told TT.

The victim, who according to Expressen was also a former Sweden Democrat politician, had been friends with the suspected murderer for a number of years. Prosecutors did not comment on the motive behind the murder.

“That will be discussed in the main hearings,” she told TT.

The suspect was taken into custody in November last year after being arrested in Nyköping. He denies the charges, but accepts certain circumstances related to the case.

Upon his arrest, he resigned from his political obligations and his membership was frozen by the Sweden Democrats.

“I don’t want to comment on his stance on the charges or anything he has said,” she further told TT.

The murder is suspected to have taken place between August 30th and September 16th last year.

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