It is Aftonbladet that reports the new information on the weapon that has been identified as the solution to the Palm murder. According to the newspaper, the current revolver comes from the gun collector who was close friends with Stig Engström - chief prosecutor Krister Petersson's main suspect.

The weapon is a Smith & Wesson of the right caliber that was sold at auction after the gun collector's death. According to Aftonbladet, the police managed to trace the weapon to another gun collector with a special interest in this particular type of revolver and who won the bidding.

According to Krister Petersson, who led the preliminary investigation, the weapon was one of the reasons why in interviews he told about his optimism in "presenting a solution" to the murder of Olof Palme.

- I have been quite positive in my view that we should be able to come to a solution and one of the things was that we had hopes that this weapon would bring us closer to a solution, he says to Aftonbladet.

Had been waiting for 2.5 years for the result

So, as you know, this was not the case. Just nine working days before the press conference where Stig Engström, better known as Skandiamannen, was identified as a probable offender, NFC announced that the bullets “ based on the limited amount of track, the bullets from Sveavägen are assessed as having no potential for using today's methods to bind to / identify the weapon or pipe. they were postponed ”.

Police and prosecutors had then waited for 2.5 years for the result.

- The message we received is that they probably won't be able to tie the weapon to the bullets. With the technical level we are in today, we will no longer be in the field of that weapon, ”Krister Petersson tells Aftonbladet.

Sonny Björk: “Surprised

Sonny Björk, who shot over 400 magnum revolvers during the course of the investigation and who also had the bullets cast, has previously doubted that it is impossible to identify a weapon.

- I'm a little surprised when you say you think it is not possible to identify a weapon, says Sonny Björk. I'm not saying it's possible, but I think there's a possibility if you find the right weapon, he has said to Veckans Crime. '

Katarina Nestor, communications strategist at NFC, does not want to comment on the information in Aftonbladet, but refers to investigative leader Hans Melander.

SVT News is looking for Hans Melander and Krister Petersson .