Theodor Engström, who fatally stabbed an eminent psychiatrist at Sweden’s Almedalen political festival in July, has admitted to planning and carrying out a terrorist offence.
Published: 16 August 2022 15:26 CEST
Police and rescue services arrive at Donners plats in Visby after psychiatrist Ing-Marie Wieselgren was stabbed. Photo: Henrik Montgomery/TT
Forensic psychiatrists have diagnosed the 33-year-old as severely mentally disturbed, both at the time of his attack on Ing-Marie Wieselgren, and when they carried out their assessment.
On Tuesday, the prosecutor Henrik Olin said that Engström was “ready to take on responsibility for these suspected crimes”, which include “terrorism” and “preparation to commit terrorism through preparing a murder.”
“Of course, we need to take what he’s saying a little bit carefully given the background of the conclusions of the forensic psychiatrists’ investigation.”
A court ruled on Tuesday that the man could remain in pre-trial detention until September 15th.
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