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Palme was walking home from a cinema with his wife Lisbet in central Stockholm on Sveavägen close to midnight on February 28th, 1986 when he was fatally shot in the back at close range. A second shot wounded his wife, who later recovered.
Palme was rushed to hospital, but was pronounced dead on arrival at 1.06am local time the next day.
He served as Sweden's prime minister on two separate occasions, from 1969 to 1976 and 1982 to 1986.
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Sweden has been trying to find Palme murderer for 25 years. Investigations are still ongoing. Last year they changed the laws, otherwise the case would have expired soon.
Christer Pettersson was convicted of the murder in district court in 1988 but acquitted on appeal the following year.
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So far, the preliminary investigation of the Palme murder takes up 225 metres of shelf space and counting.
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Two to three new tips are submitted every day, Edqvist added. A large portion of them are ruled out as they relate to tips that have been previously investigated.
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While I wonder, if they ever get this murder solved, since so much time has passed, my question is:
What makes people confess to murders they haven't done?
So far 130 people have confessed to murdering Palme.