Unexpected turn took a case in Swedenabout a diplomat found today (16.05.2025) dead a few days after being arrested as suspect for espionage.
According to the media in Sweden, citing government information sources, the Swedish diplomat was arrested for espionage last week and released a few days later, but was eventually found dead on Thursday night to Friday.
«Unfortunately, we can confirm that a Foreign Ministry partner died. Out of respect for his relatives, we will not go into other details, “the Swedish Foreign Ministry said in a message to the French Agency.
Swedish media report that This is the Swedish diplomat who was suspected of espionage. He had suspected his actions in Stockholm between 1 and 11 May 2025.
The Swedish Security Service (Säpo) – the country’s intelligence services – is investigating a possible relationship between this case and the scandal that led to Recent resignation of the new Swedish national security adviseraccording to many Swedish media, including the SVT public television network.
On May 8, 49 -year -old Tombia Timberg resigned only 12 hours after his appointment, after being sent to the media and the “sensitive content” of his “sensitive” photos coming from the Grindr acquaintance.
In a communication on Wednesday by the French Agency, the lawyer of the diplomat for which there were suspicions, Anton Stand, had stated that His client had rejected all espionage categories.
He also stated that his client had gone to the hospital after being released on Wednesday (14.05.2025) and had denounces excessive use of violence by the police during his arrest.
This is surrounded by “strange conditions,” Strde also noted in the Swedish news agency TT: “Police were shouting in other languages rather than in Swedish, they didn’t wear outfit And they were recommended as police only after they put the suspect in a car. “
Säpo had announced on her part Monday that ‘The business was carried out calmly».