Swedish court revelations over Olof Palme's death struggle to convince

Text by: Frédéric Faux

Wednesday, June 10, in Sweden, the justice released the name of the murderer of Prime Minister Olof Palme, 34 years after the facts. He was in fact a 52-year-old man who had been suspected for a long time. My these revelations hardly convinced the Swedes, nor the experts of the file.

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From our correspondent in Stockholm,

Stig Engström , alias Skandia Man, employee in an insurance company, who loved arms and hated his left Prime Minister, is he the assassin of Olof Palme?

"  We will remember this as one of the biggest disappointments in Swedish history," said Jan Stoklassa, an expert on the matter. No physical evidence of any kind, no new witnesses, absolutely nothing new ”

Lars Börgnas, who has also written several books on the subject, makes the same observation: “  I was surprised to see that there was nothing more than what was already published in the media two years ago . It is quite surprising that one can accuse a dead man of having killed Olof Palme with such a thin file. "

Reactions everywhere in the media point in the same direction: the revelations awaited for weeks, which one announced like shattering, disappointed because they are not based on new elements, and because they relate to a suspect we already thought we knew everything about.

It is only the current Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Löfven who has expressed the hope that this advance in justice can relieve injuries. But nothing is less certain. The complete truth about the Palme case, experts say, remains to be discovered.

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