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| Sweden re-opens probe into 1986 murder of PM Olof Palme | Sweden re-opens probe into 1986 murder of PM Olof Palme |
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| Sweden is to re-open the investigation into the unsolved assassination of Prime Minister Olof Palme 30 years ago, officials say. | Sweden is to re-open the investigation into the unsolved assassination of Prime Minister Olof Palme 30 years ago, officials say. |
| Stockholm's chief prosecutor, Krister Petersson, will head the new inquiry. | Stockholm's chief prosecutor, Krister Petersson, will head the new inquiry. |
| About 10,000 people were quizzed following Olof Palme's murder in 1986; 134 people claimed to have shot him dead as he left a cinema with his wife. | About 10,000 people were quizzed following Olof Palme's murder in 1986; 134 people claimed to have shot him dead as he left a cinema with his wife. |
| The charismatic Social Democratic leader was left dying in a pool of blood on the pavement. | The charismatic Social Democratic leader was left dying in a pool of blood on the pavement. |
| Mr Petersson faces a Herculean task: the Palme files take up 250m (820ft) of shelving. | |
| The killing of Olof Palme | The killing of Olof Palme |
| The investigator previously probed the 2003 murder of Sweden's Foreign Minister, Anna Lindh. He starts his new job in February, officials say. | The investigator previously probed the 2003 murder of Sweden's Foreign Minister, Anna Lindh. He starts his new job in February, officials say. |
| Mr Petersson was quoted in the Swedish press as saying that his mission is to try and solve the murder and that he is optimistic of a breakthrough. | Mr Petersson was quoted in the Swedish press as saying that his mission is to try and solve the murder and that he is optimistic of a breakthrough. |
| "I feel honoured and I accept the mission with a great amount of energy," he said in a statement. "It is an interesting and important task." | "I feel honoured and I accept the mission with a great amount of energy," he said in a statement. "It is an interesting and important task." |
| Mr Petersson also dealt with the trial of John Ausonius, who shot 11 immigrants in the 1990s - some of them using a laser sight, earning him the nickname of the "Laser Man". | Mr Petersson also dealt with the trial of John Ausonius, who shot 11 immigrants in the 1990s - some of them using a laser sight, earning him the nickname of the "Laser Man". |