Police officers attend the Ikea store in Vasteras, Sweden, Monday August. 10, 2015, after three people were injured in a knife attack at the store.
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At the same hearing Thursday, a 23-year-old Eritrean man who had been suspected of helping the older man was released for lack of evidence.
Migration officials said the 35-year-old had attended a meeting at the agency on Monday morning about plans to deport him to Italy after his residency application was rejected last month. The younger man has denied involvement in the stabbing.
“At the moment there is nothing to suggest that there is any connection between the suspects and the victims”, she said.
A 55-year-old Swedish woman and her 28-year-old son were killed in the incident.
“The attack ends when the alleged murderer stabs himself in the stomach”, the report said.
The footage has not been officially verified by police, who have also yet to confirm whether any knives on sale in the shop were used in the attack.
“The store is now closed, as well as the entire Erikslund shopping center where the store is located”, IKEA said in a statement.
Local police were continuing to investigate and earlier said they were not aware of a motive for the stabbings and were waiting to question the suspect, who was in hospital recovering from serious injuries.
The move came as police in central Sweden have increased security at asylum lodgings, fearing a backlash after two Eritrean asylum-seekers were suspected of the murders.
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Police have not disclosed how he sustained his injuries.
