Arrest in theft of death camp icon

SWEDISH police yesterday arrested a former neo-Nazi leader that Polish investigators suspect of being involved in the theft of the “Arbeit Macht Frei” sign at Auschwitz.

Arrest in theft of death camp icon
Fri, 12 Feb, 2010 - 00:00
Malin Rising Stockholm

Swedish Prosecutor Agneta Hilding Qvarnstrom said 34-year-old Anders Hogstrom was detained in Stockholm on a European arrest warrant.

Hilding Qvarnstrom said Hogstrom will be appointed a defence lawyer and questioned by Swedish investigators before authorities can decide on extraditing him to Poland.

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