Dane Peter Madsen, sentenced to life for the murder of a Swedish journalist in a home-made submarine, was arrested on Tuesday after he managed to escape his prison.
He had taken a hostage before escaping.
Dane Peter Madsen, sentenced to life for the murder of Swedish journalist Kim Wall in a home-made submarine, was arrested on Tuesday near Copenhagen after managing to escape from his prison, we learned from authorities.
After being initially surrounded by police on the outskirts of Albertslund prison on the outskirts of Copenhagen, the prisoner was finally arrested and "evacuated" at midday, Danish police announced on Twitter .
The police had previously confirmed to AFP his brief escape attempt, which led him to a few hundred meters from the penitentiary center where he is serving his sentence.
He sat in the grass for a long time before being arrested
According to Danish tabloid
Ekstra Bladet
, it took place around 10 a.m. (8 a.m. GMT).
Peter Madsen reportedly threatened prison staff with a "pistol-like" object and took a hostage before escaping.
According to witnesses quoted by the media, he was driving a white van when he was surrounded by police, a few hundred meters from the prison.
However, he was not immediately arrested: before his arrest, he remained for a long time sitting in the grass and leaning against a row of trees, surrounded by two police officers lying on the ground, weapons pointed at the detainee, according to the images. disseminated by the media.
This long arrest was due to the fact that the fugitive claimed to have a bomb, according to them.
Peter Madsen, a 49-year-old inventor, was convicted in April 2018 for the murder of journalist Kim Wall, 30, when she came to interview him aboard his submarine in August 2017. During the trial, he admitted having cut up the young woman's lifeless body before throwing it into the Baltic, but maintained that her death was accidental.