Police deny Lindh murder suspect arrest

Swedish police today denied two reports that they had captured a man suspected of murdering Foreign Minister Anna Lindh last week.

Newspapers Expressen and Aftonbladet said that a man in widely-circulated pictures being sought for questioning had been arrested.

But police spokeswoman Agneta Styrwoldt-Alfheim said: “We haven’t arrested anybody”.

Police were said they still had not identified the man captured on video by surveillance cameras at the Stockholm department store where Lindh was stabbed to death.

“Police have made no breakthrough in this investigation but continue to receive tips,” said another spokeswoman, Stina Wesslin.

She said DNA had been recovered from the murder weapon and a cap found near the crime scene, but declined to provide details.

Investigators have sent surveillance camera pictures of the man to police across Europe and DNA from the murder weapon to Britain for more analysis.

The footage showed a man clad in a baseball cap and grey hooded sweat shirt, a Nike logo clearly visible, with his sleeves rolled up.

Investigators have earlier said he matched witness description’s of Lindh’s killer.