Story highlights
- The incident is not terrorism, police say
- Authorities say the 22-year-old victim worked at a refugee center where the suspect stayed
- "We think it might have been an accident, or there was a fight," a police spokesman says
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15-year-old asylum seeker stabbed a refugee center worker to death
Monday in Sweden in an incident that's not being classified as
terrorism, police say.
The
boy, who is in police custody, has not been identified, though his
country of origin is known, said Hans Lippens, a police spokesman for
the Västra Götaland region.
The
incident happened at a home for asylum seekers younger than 18 where
the boy was staying, about 6 miles (10 kilometers) from Mölndal town
center, in the Gothenberg region of western Sweden. The victim, a
22-year-old woman, was alone with eight young male residents of the
home, Lippens said. Only one is believed to have been directly involved,
though police are questioning the seven other boys.
"This
was not terrorism. We think it might have been an accident, or there
was a fight," Lippens said. He added that police would release more
information Tuesday, but because the youths are from different
countries, they need various translators to interpret their statements.
Incidents
involving asylum seekers in the Västra Götaland region are happening
"more and more. We have a lot of work to do here" Lippens said, though
"this is the worst case yet." He estimated the region is seeing an
additional 50 asylum seekers every month, mostly from Syria and
Afghanistan.
Most incidents involve the refugees "starting fights with each other" and do not involve the local Swedish population, he said.
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