(30 Years Ago) Olof Palme: Who killed Sweden's prime minister?

[Richard Rubio]

30 years ago, unsolved.

Olof Palme: Who killed Sweden's prime minister?

On a Friday night more than thirty years ago, Sweden's prime minister went to the movies.

Controversial and outspoken at home and abroad, Olof Palme was by then in his second term as leader of his country. But he still insisted on living as normal a life as he could, and - as on that night - he often dismissed his police protection.

Walking home just before midnight with his wife Lisbet, the prime minister was shot in the back at point blank range. He was dead before he hit the ground.

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