# Swedish foreign minister stabbed. Upcoming referendum cause? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 10, 2003, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swedish-foreign-minister-stabbed-upcoming-referendum-cause/200816 "2003-09-10T19:12:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Floater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/dc4da7/32.png) [@Floater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Floater)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 10:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swedish-foreign-minister-stabbed-upcoming-referendum-cause/200816/41 "2003-09-12T10:23:28Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by The Gaspode \* > Most of all, she was a _good_ person, and there are too few of those in politics. Some newspaper (I don’t remember which) wrote something yesterday about her “utter unability to make enemies”. PS. They just mentioned on the radio that they have caught the man who murdered the five-year-old girl in Arvika. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swedish-foreign-minister-stabbed-upcoming-referendum-cause/200816/42 "2003-09-12T12:22:34Z")
The suspect has been released without charge. ---
**Author:** ![Brutus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Brutus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brutus)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swedish-foreign-minister-stabbed-upcoming-referendum-cause/200816/43 "2003-09-12T12:33:11Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jjimm \* > \*\*The suspect has been released without charge. \*\* Which one? The FM attacker, or the attacker of the little girl? FWIW, I thought that perhaps the two were related, perhaps a father trying to kill (or did he kill?) his daughter, after attacking the FM. Not getting much press over here. ---
**Author:** ![Rune](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e68b1a/32.png) [@Rune](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rune)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swedish-foreign-minister-stabbed-upcoming-referendum-cause/200816/44 "2003-09-12T12:51:33Z")
No the two are not related. The child case has been solved I think. A psychotic patient. The homeless, right wing nut apparently, suspect of the Anna Lindh case has been released. The wrong guy. - Rune ---
**Author:** ![essohbee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/71c47a/32.png) [@essohbee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/essohbee)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swedish-foreign-minister-stabbed-upcoming-referendum-cause/200816/45 "2003-09-12T12:57:21Z")
No, the guy who stabbed the girl was a 25 year old mental patient. He was in a open facility and was there of his own free well, therefore he could leave and return as he wished as long as he spoke with the staff. None of them saw him as a potential threat as he had no record of violent behaviour. Apparently he more or less snapped, asked to be let out, went and killed the girl, returned to the hospital where he was later arrested. He is still being held by the police. ---
**Author:** ![Charlie\_Tan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/charlie_tan/32/12582_2.png) [@Charlie\_Tan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Tan)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swedish-foreign-minister-stabbed-upcoming-referendum-cause/200816/46 "2003-09-12T13:20:28Z")
Adding to what **essohbee** posted: He left the facility upon hearing about the stabbing of Anna Lindh. Staff claims in interviews that though lacking a formal connection, the awful crime against the little girl was inspired by the killing of the minister. ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swedish-foreign-minister-stabbed-upcoming-referendum-cause/200816/47 "2003-09-12T16:37:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by The Gaspode \* > \*\*So lonely _right_-wing anti-democratic fucking dipshit. > And I’m sure some poster here are happy that I was wrong, as it looks right now. \*\* Well, it looks like the jury is still out on whether you’re right or wrong. Personally, i _will_ be happy if you are proved wrong. Not because i would take any personal pleasure in your error but because, as a leftist, it pisses me off when other leftists resort to violence to make a political point. We should leave that sort of shit to Georege Bush. ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swedish-foreign-minister-stabbed-upcoming-referendum-cause/200816/48 "2003-09-12T16:37:37Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by The Gaspode \* > \*\*So lonely _right_-wing anti-democratic fucking dipshit. > And I’m sure some poster here are happy that I was wrong, as it looks right now. \*\* Well, it looks like the jury is still out on whether you’re right or wrong. Personally, i _will_ be happy if you are proved wrong. Not because i would take any personal pleasure in your error but because, as a leftist, it pisses me off when other leftists resort to violence to make a political point. We should leave that sort of shit to George Bush. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swedish-foreign-minister-stabbed-upcoming-referendum-cause/200816.md?page=2)