Mijailo Mijailovic
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Mijailo Mijailović (born December 6, 1978) is a Serbian living in Sweden since 1992. Self-confessed and convicted assassin of the Swedish Minister for Foreign Affairs Anna Lindh, on September 10, 2003.
Swedish newspapers are suggesting that he was released from a mental institution just five days before the killing of Lindh, that he has serious mental problems, and has previously been convicted of violent crimes. Mijailović is said to have been greatly angered by Lindh's staunch support for the US-led military campaign against Serbia during 1999.
On January 6, 2004, he admitted to the police that he was indeed the killer. The court trial against Mijailović took place January 14-17, 2004. He was found guilty, but the sentencing was postponed to await the recommendations of a psychiatric evaluation ordered by the court.
On March 9 a report concluded that Mijailović was not considered to be criminally insane at the time of the assassination, and on March 23 he was sentenced to life imprisonment. However, on July 8, an appeals court overturned that sentence after tests had concluded that he was suffering from a mental illness at the time of the killing. As a result of the appeals court decision, Mijailović was taken from prison to a closed psychiatric ward.
On December 2, 2004, Mijailović was sentenced by the Swedish High Court to life imprisonment for the killing of Anna Lindh, overruling the appeals court judgement.
Mijailović, was for some time a citizen of both Serbia and Montenegro and of Sweden, but did after the crime apply to have his Swedish citizenship revoked. His application was granted by the Swedish National Migration Board on September 20, 2004, however this is not expected to have any effect on the judicial process. The Swedish supreme court confirmed a life sentence for Mijailović on December 2 2004.
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- Mug shot (http://estaticos.elmundo.es/elmundo/imagenes/2003/09/26/1064570165_0.jpg) - Published by a Spanish newspaper
- Swedish Press Ombudsman (http://www.po.se/Article.jsp?article=2291&avd=english)de:Mijailo Mijailovic
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