Suspect confesses to Lindh murder

THE man arrested for stabbing Swedish Foreign Minister Anna Lindh last year has confessed to the crime, his lawyer said yesterday, adding the motive for the murder was not political.

Mijailo Mijailovic, aged 25, confessed on Tuesday, while he was being interrogated by police and investigators, said Peter Althin.

Althin said Lindh's stabbing which occurred just days before a national referendum on whether to adopt the euro was not political, but did not give a motive.