He is seen checking on his victim, taking a knife out of a cloth bag – and going on the attack in the middle of the subway ride in Stockholm.
Completely unprovoked.
Now the 35-year-old man is being sentenced for the crime against a 15-year-old boy.
The 35-year-old has undergone a major forensic psychiatric examination and is not judged to suffer from a serious mental disorder.
The punishment when the verdict was handed down today at 11 a.m. was therefore prison. The Stockholm district court sentenced to two years and six months. He was convicted of aggravated assault, instead of attempted murder, and aggravated breach of the Knife Act.
The perpetrator has previously stated that he does not remember anything from the day in question, June 11 this year, but that he admits that he is the one seen on the surveillance footage.
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Sat that way – got a knife to the throat
It was just after 11 when the SL subway was at the height of Slussen. The 35-year-old stood behind his victim, a 15-year-old boy who was sitting on a seat, and took a knife out of his cloth bag. He put it against the boy’s neck – who managed to break free and run into the subway car.
The 35-year-old ran after the boy and assaulted him. When the 15-year-old was lying on the floor of the carriage, the knifeman delivered several stabs.
Just then the subway arrived at Slussen and the doors opened. The boy managed to kick and break free and escape. The prosecutor has called the timing pure luck.
The prosecutor: Expressed himself racist
After the attack, the 35-year-old was seen calmly walking away from the scene. Later in the evening, the police were called to a residence in southern Stockholm after a man was disorderly at the scene. The patrol recognized the man from the description of the crime in the subway.
The prosecutor has previously stated that the motive behind the knife attack is suspected to be of a hate crime nature. The staff at the man’s residence have testified that the 35-year-old expressed himself racially during the evening. However, the District Court writes in the judgment that the motive is not substantiated.