Sweden Mourns Stockholm Attack Victims; Suspect Is Formally Identified
Magnus Ranstorp said that I’m sure he’ll use the issue,
Mr. Bildt, a respected voice in European affairs, called the situation "highly problematic." Mr. Akilov, who is scheduled to appear in Stockholm District Court on Tuesday morning, "has expressed
the explicit wish to be defended by a lawyer who is Sunni Muslim," his court-appointed lawyer, Johan Eriksson, wrote to the court on Monday, asking to be removed from the case.
By CHRISTINA ANDERSONAPRIL 10, 2017
STOCKHOLM — Sweden honored the victims of the country’s worst terrorist attack in decades with a minute of silence at noon on Monday, as the authorities formally identified the chief suspect in the assault and announced
that they had questioned 600 people as part of their investigation.
Others are asking how the Swedish Security Service could have missed this man who was on its radar last year as a possible risk,
and why the man the police think committed the crime was able to go underground after his residency application was denied.
In February, President Trump made an unfounded suggestion
that a terrorist attack had occurred in Sweden, and some experts fear that this attack will be used as fodder by those who, like Mr. Trump, argue that Western countries need to do more to tighten their borders and screen migrants and refugees.
The Stockholm police tried to track down Mr. Akilov in February after the country’s
Migration Agency lost contact with him, but by then he had gone into hiding.
Stefan Lofven said that Our unity will always be stronger than the forces that seek to tear us apart,