The man suspected of stabbing and killing Swedish Foreign Minister Anna Lindh has confessed to the crime, according to his lawyer. Peter Althin said Mijailo Mijailovic, 25, admitted his guilt while he was being questioned by investigators. The confession clears the way for police to file charges of murder against Mijailovic, possibly as early as January 12, police said. Mijailovic has been in custody since September 24 last year, two weeks after 46-year-old Ms Lindh was killed in a Stockholm department store while she was shopping with a friend. He had maintained his innocence. If convicted, he could be sentenced to life in prison. Sweden does not have capital punishment.
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Chief prosecutor Agneta Blidberg said that DNA traces found on the knife used to stab Lindh and on Mijailovic's clothes matches his own, adding that the evidence against the suspect is good. |