Officers stated Wednesday the primary suspect in a knife assault that killed two individuals at an Ikea retailer in central Sweden was as a effect of be deported quickly, after his software for a residency allow was rejected final month.
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He has denied any involvement in the attack.
“At the moment there is nothing to suggest that there is any connection between the suspects and the victims”, she said.
Company spokeswoman Johanna Mahlen stated officers had twice rejected a residency software from the suspect since he arrived in Sweden in 2013, reportedly from Italy the place he had been a fisherman. Both had been staying in the same asylum centre, police said.
The Migration Agency said the 35-year-old Eritrean-born man had met with agency staff hours before Monday’s attack.
A 55-year-old Swedish woman and her 28-year-old son were killed in the incident.
The report said: “The attack ends when the alleged murderer stabs himself in the stomach”.
Police chiefs have not confirmed the footage or whether knives on sale in the shop were used.
One in his mid 30s was found at the scene with serious knife injuries while the second, aged 23, was waiting at a bus stop outside Ikea.
Police increased their presence at asylum housing centers after announcing that the two murder suspects were from Eritrea, daily newspaper Dagens Nyheter reported.
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Local officials feared a backlash from “dark forces” who wanted to exploit the case, police chief Per Agren said.
