A 21-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of have detonated a hand grenade in central Malmö.
The man was arrested this morning.
– He was arrested in Malmö in the morning, says prosecutor Magnus Pettersson
The man has been linked to the grenade that detonated at nine o’clock in the morning, a Tuesday, April 15 last year on Adelgatan in central Malmö. Street and much of the area around Adelgatan sealed off. Afterwards synthesis forty spall on the facade
Remaining at the site was part of the grenade.
Prosecutor Magnus Pettersson leading the preliminary investigation.
– The man is heard and more hearings will held, says Magnus Pettersson
The 21-year-old was arrested in Malmo on Tuesday morning.
– I have not heard anything other than that it should have been easy, says Magnus Pettersson who do not want to comment How reconnaissance that led to the arrest happened. The prosecutor would not say how the arrested person sets himself against the allegations.
– We are in a position where we can not say other than that I confirm that we have a person in custody, he is heard and that he will heard further, says Magnus Pettersson.
Apprehended several times before
The 21-year-old man has been arrested several times for minor drug offenses, most recently last year when he was in February and March were arrested two times, and then confessed cannabis use.
The year before was arrested twice for drug offenses and drunken driving by car and motorbike. On both occasions he admitted that he had been cannabis influence, but at one moment he denied drinking and driving.
Even in 2012 arrested the man on suspicion of minor drug offenses and to influence driving car.
In a police interview last spring, admitted 21-year-old that he smokes marijuana three times a week and that he usually buy the drugs at the roundabout near Möllevångstorget.
The 21-year-old now suspected of devastation endangering the public.
“The weapon of war”
After the grenade detonated on Adelgatan in March said Stephan Söderholm, information officer at Skåne police:
– This is a weapon of war used more to injury people than to kill. It’s about splitter that come out.
A large area around the Adelgatan sealed off in April and all traffic was halted within a radius of 150 meters.
Nils Norling, the police, said after the the attack that it was connected with an event a few days earlier, when a car blew up on a parking at Thomson Road in Malmö.
Whether the connection is still relevant is unclear.
– The person who is in custody now, has been arrested for the devastation endangering the public from April 15 Adelgatan. It is the allegations against him right now, says prosecutor Magnus Pettersson.
No comments from lawyer
Last Friday the prosecution must decide whether the arrested man should be requested under arrest.
– I examines the reasons for the detention all the time, I am obliged to do, says prosecutor Magnus Pettersson.
The 21-year-old lawyer Carl Hofvendahl would not currently comment on the arrest.
– I represent him, but have no other comments, saying Hofvendahl.
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