It was in early February that a man in his 30s raised the alarm that he was being attacked by several people. The man then died from his injuries. Four people are in custody on suspicion of murder. According to the prosecutor, the persons are part of a family constellation.

Participating in the investigation

They are a woman in her 40s, a man in his 50s, a man in his 20s and a boy under 18.

All the people deny the crime except the teenager who admits aggravated assault, but denies murder.

"He has participated in the investigation and told the police much more. With respect to the investigation, there is nothing I will elaborate on, says Fredrik Elveros, the boy's lawyer.

This week, the people were remanded in custody because the prosecutor needs more time for the investigation.

"The investigation is progressing, but we need to hold more interrogations and more analyses to put everything together," says Andreas Nyberg, prosecutor.

The prosecutor has until June 9 before charges are brought.

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A man in Malå is injured with a weapon and alarms himself for help. He later dies of his injuries and the police classify the incident as murder. Here you have the case in a minute. Photo: SVT, google earth, Storyblocks