Murder of Karolin Hakim

The murder of Karolin Hakim took place on the morning of 26 August 2019 in Malmö when Hakim, a Swedish female physician, was shot and fatally wounded in Malmö, Sweden.[1] She died of her wounds at the hospital.[2][3]

Murder of Karolin Hakim
Native name Swedish:
Mordet på Karolin Hakim
Mordet på Ribersborg
Date26 August 2019 (2019-08-26)
Location Malmö, Sweden
Typeshooting
DeathsKarolin Hakim
BurialSt Paul Norra Kyrkgård, Malmö

The murder took place near the Ribersborg beach park and Hakim was accompanied by her husband and carrying her infant child when she was killed.[1][4] On 28 August, Mikael Damberg the Swedish Minister for Home Affairs visited the crime scene.[2]

A 19-year-old male suspect was arrested 29 August, being the owner of the vehicle the murderer used to escape the crime scene. He was later released but was still under investigation in the case.[3][5] In September, a 23-year-old male was taken into custody on suspicion on murder, attempted murder and carrying an illegal firearm.[2][3][6][7]

By late September, police still had over a 100 witnesses to receive full statements from due to a lack of investigators to record statements.[6]

On 23 October 2019, Swedish Police Authority release camera footage of the main suspect at the crime scene which was published by newspaper Expressen.[8] Public broadcaster Sveriges Television chose not to publish the picture and editor of its Scania division (Swedish: SVT Nyheter Skåne) Göran Eklund motivated his decision with "a publication of this suspect is not enough in the public interest compared to the potential disadvantage of the suspect".[9]

Victim

Hakim had recently finished her education to become a doctor and was mother to a two-month old infant. She was a witness to a previous murder in Malmö.[10][11]

On 18 September 2019, Hakim was buried at St Pauli Norra Kyrkogård cemetery in Malmö. A ceremony open to the public was held at Luftkastellet and around 150 people showed up to lay flowers at her coffin.[12][13][10]

References
  1. "Updated: Woman dies in Malmö shooting". www.thelocal.se. 2019-08-26. Retrieved 2019-09-27.
  2. Haddad, Prescilia (2019-08-27). "Kvinna i Malmö ihjälskjuten – detta har hänt" (in Swedish). Retrieved 2019-09-27.
  3. Tandstad, Bent (2019-09-13). "23-åring arrestert for drapet på svensk lege". NRK (in Norwegian Nynorsk). Retrieved 2019-09-27.
  4. "En man anhållen efter dödsskjutningen av kvinna på Ribersborg". Sydsvenskan. Retrieved 2019-09-27.
  5. "23-årig fængsles i sag om drab på læge med spædbarn i armene". www.fyens.dk (in Danish). 2019-09-13. Retrieved 2019-09-27.
  6. Carlsson, Per (2019-09-27). "100 vittnen till mordet på Karolin Hakim i Malmö ohörda" (in Swedish). Retrieved 2019-09-27.
  7. Lärka, Per (2019-09-10). "Teckningar del i jakten på Karolins mördare" (in Swedish). Retrieved 2019-09-27.
  8. "Här är läkaren Karolin Hakims misstänkta mördare – polis vädjar om hjälp att hitta mannen på bilden". www.expressen.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 2019-10-24.
  9. Hansson, Tove (2019-10-23). "Polisen släpper bild på Karolin Hakims misstänkta mördare" (in Swedish). Retrieved 2019-10-24.
  10. "En Suède, l'assassinat de Karolina Hakim pousse les autorités à réagir". RFI (in French). 2019-09-18. Retrieved 2019-09-27.
  11. "Kvinnlig läkare skjuten till döds". lakartidningen.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 2019-09-27.
  12. Lindeborg, Jenny; Erberth, Nellie (2019-09-18). "I dag begravs Karolin Hakim" (in Swedish). Retrieved 2019-09-27.
  13. Taudal, Uffe (2019-09-21). "»Må du blive ædt op indefra af skyldfølelse«: Brutalt drab i Malmø har sat sig dybe spor i Sverige". Berlingske.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2019-09-27.
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