It was at the end of April this year that a 25-year-old man was murdered in the Berga district in Kalmar. The man was stabbed in the back and died from his injuries.
A total of five people are charged with involvement in the crime. In addition to the 17-year-old murder suspect, four men between the ages of 19 and 23 are charged with aggravated assault in connection with the incident.
According to prosecutors, the 17-year-old has admitted that he stabbed the man – but by mistake.
“The person accused of murder tells the police that it was a mistake, that he was going to hit the man, but forgot that he had a knife in his hand,” says District Attorney Kjell Janneson to SVT News Småland.