في السويد.. اغتيال رئيس الوزراء علنًا

When Attorney General Christer Petersson announced at a press conference in June 2020 his decision to close the investigation into Olof Palme's murder, citing the death of the suspect, many Swedes felt collective disappointment. Will those who remember that late night in February 1986, and who followed the investigation in its main and sub-tracks, still have no clear answer about what happened? An answer that helps them overcome this national ordeal and move forward? Hans Gunnar Acsburger goes back to the beginning and gives us a broad and detailed account of the world's largest police investigation, which was so grossly mismanaged from the beginning that after a few months it became clear that the perpetrator would most likely get away with it. What happened? How could the Swedish Prime Minister be publicly assassinated? How did all these police efforts and hours of investigation not lead to a solution to the crime? As Principal Secretary of the State Investigative Committee, Hans-Gunnar Acsburger has deeper knowledge of the Palme investigation than most people. The assassination of the Prime Minister is an indispensable event in contemporary history. It is also a story about Sweden, about our image of ourselves, and about our inability to learn from our mistakes.