the Event that the case occurred at 16 o’clock on Monday, the 24 september last year in a subway car that was full with people. My among the passengers on the train who resigned from Fridhemsplan towards Sankt Eriksplan was a man in the 40s in a petflaska, and began pouring out a transparent liquid in the aisle. In total it was an area that was about eight feet long, according to a ruling from the district court of Stockholm on 28 January.
Witnesses perceived it at the time as the gasoline, which later also was confirmed by the police technicians. Several people in the wagon noticed the man’s abnormal behavior and noticed that he had a newspaper in his hand.
up a lighter and tried to light the fire on the magazine, this according to a witness at the age of 25 who were in the wagon at the moment.
” I’m going to fan fires up the train, said the man in the situation, tells the witness to the court.
the Witness snatched for the magazine – whereupon, the man in the 40s quiet should have gone by train. The police was called then to the site.
The suspect man could not be grasped at the time, but had been observed via security cameras. A police officer who knew the man could later arrest him. In the beginning of december brought charges against him.
come to the judgment against the man. He is sentenced by the Stockholm district court to four years in prison for attempted gross arson.
the Court notes that several passengers observed the way the man moved along the aisle in the wagon that had seats for a total of 126 passengers. You also judge that the man’s intention has been such that it ”covered the danger to another’s life or health, and extensive destruction of another’s property”.
If the fluid had ignited, it would have been at imminent risk to human life at the time, according to a statement from emergency services. At the time, there were also a large number of people in the cart. The court therefore considers that the case of attempted arson of the more serious battle and judge the crime as serious.
the Man, who has committed several crimes in the past, underwent a psychiatric examination. The man is, however, considered not had any serious mental disorder whether when he committed the crime or at trial, and he sentenced therefore to imprisonment. He must also pay more than the 28,000 kronor in damages to the MTR, which operates one of the.
