http://www.thelocal.se/20150812/ikea-suspect-set-to-be-deported-from-sweden
Ikea suspect 'was to be deported' from Sweden
Published: 12 Aug 2015 17:29 GMT+02:00
The 35-year-old suspect linked to the double stabbings at an Ikea store in Västerås on Monday had been told that he was set to be expelled from the country, Swedish media are reporting.
The man, who police have previously said is an asylum seeker from Eritrea, had attended a meeting with the Swedish Migration Board in Västerås on Monday, Swedish tabloid Aftonbladet first wrote on Wednesday afternoon, quoting the head of the office, Fredrik Bengtsson.
The newspaper published migration board documents calling for the suspect to be deported to Italy, after his application for residency in Sweden was rejected on July 16th.
Other Swedish media quickly picked up on the image.
Under EU law, migrants can be sent back to their first point of entry to the European Union, suggesting that the man may have initially travelled to the Mediterranean from Africa.
The 35-year-old is the main suspect in the case and is understood to remain in hospital in Västerås after sustaining injuries himself.
A second man, 23, has also been questioned by police and has denied being involved in the violence.
Swedish police have been largely tight lipped about their investigations but suggested at a press conference on Tuesday that they did not believe the attack to be politically motivated.
Deputy Chief Prosecutor Eva Moren also told Swedish media that the attack was unlikely to be due to a personal grievance.
"At the moment there is nothing to suggest that there is any connection between the suspects and the victims," she said.
She confirmed that a knife had been used in the attack and said that police had found the suspected weapon.
The Ikea store in the central Swedish town of Västerås, about 100 kilometres west of Stockholm, opened for business again on Wednesday morning, less than 48 hours after the two victims, aged 55 and 28, were fatally knifed in the kitchenware section on Monday lunchtime.
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