A person is requested to be surrendered from Denmark for serious weapon offences and murder
Prosecutors have requested that a 17-year-old be surrendered to Sweden on suspicion of serious weapon offences in connection with a shooting against the Israeli embassy in Stockholm 1 October 2024. The 17-year-old is also suspected of a murder in Hallstahammar. The prosecutors’ request will be tried today in a Danish Court.
“I have issued a Nordic Arrest Warrant and requested the young man to be surrendered from Denmark to Sweden for legal proceedings. The man is held in custody on suspicion of the explosion by the Israeli embassy in Copenhagen 2 October 2024. Sweden and Denmark have established a close-knit collaboration”, says Senior Prosecutor Cecilia Holmbom.
The 17-year-old is arrested in absentia in Sweden on probable cause for two cases of serious weapon offenses.
Stockholm District Court case number: B 21950-24.
The prosecutor has also requested that the young man be surrendered to Sweden by way of a Nordic Arrest Warrant on suspicion of a murder in Hallstahammar.
“The 17-year-old is suspected of shooting another man to death in Hallstahammar on 19 September 2024. He was identified in connection with the crimes against the Israeli embassies in Stockholm and Copenhagen. The purpose of the Nordic Arrest Warrant is to bring him to justice for the murder in Sweden as soon as possible”, says Senior Prosecutor Anna Elmlöv.
Västmanlands District Court case number: B 6527-24.
Surrender under a European arrest warrant
Contact today, 5 February
Senior Prosecutor Cecilia Holmbom will be available to the media today between 5.15 and 5.45 pm, on +46 10 562 61 02. She is in charge of the investigation regarding serious weapon offences in connection with the shooting against the Israeli embassy. She can only give interviews on that case.
Senior Prosecutor Anna Elmlöv will be available to the media today between 3 and 3.30 pm, on +46 10 562 67 71. She is in charge of the investigation about a murder in Hallstahammar. She can only give interviews on that case.
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