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New Twist Emerges in ’86 Murder of Swedish Premier New Twist Emerges in ’86 Murder of Swedish Premier
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LONDON — Ever since Prime Minister Olof Palme of Sweden was gunned down on a Stockholm sidewalk in 1986, theories about his unsolved murder have proliferated, with suspicions that Kurdish separatists or apartheid-era South African hit teams were behind it. LONDON — Ever since Prime Minister Olof Palme of Sweden was gunned down on a Stockholm sidewalk in 1986, theories about his unsolved murder have proliferated, with suspicions that Kurdish separatists or apartheid-era South African hit teams were behind it.
On Tuesday, the novelist Stieg Larsson, author of the top-selling “Millennium” trilogy, who died in 2004, emerged as the latest player in the drama with the revelation that he had sent the police 15 boxes of documents linking the killing to a Swedish former military officer, Bertil Wedin, associated in turn with the South African security services.On Tuesday, the novelist Stieg Larsson, author of the top-selling “Millennium” trilogy, who died in 2004, emerged as the latest player in the drama with the revelation that he had sent the police 15 boxes of documents linking the killing to a Swedish former military officer, Bertil Wedin, associated in turn with the South African security services.
The South African connection is not new. In 1996, an apartheid-era police colonel, Eugene de Kock, said in court testimony that the killing was the work of a clandestine unit run by Craig Williamson, South Africa’s so-called superspy, who denied the charge.The South African connection is not new. In 1996, an apartheid-era police colonel, Eugene de Kock, said in court testimony that the killing was the work of a clandestine unit run by Craig Williamson, South Africa’s so-called superspy, who denied the charge.
The latest revelations, published in the newspaper Svenska Dagbladet, linked Mr. Wedin to the South Africans. But Mr. Wedin also denied involvement in the killings.The latest revelations, published in the newspaper Svenska Dagbladet, linked Mr. Wedin to the South Africans. But Mr. Wedin also denied involvement in the killings.
“I have nothing to lose from the truth being established, since I am luckily not the murderer,” he told the newspaper.“I have nothing to lose from the truth being established, since I am luckily not the murderer,” he told the newspaper.