Swedish prosecutors have named the man who they say killed former Swedish prime minister Olof Palme in 1986, ending years of mystery.
They said it was Stig Engstrom, a graphic designer known as "Skandia Man" who killed himself in 2000.
As a result they were closing the investigation into Palme's death, Chief Prosecutor Krister Petersson said.
Palme was shot in the back as he walked home from the cinema with his wife in Stockholm.
He had already dismissed his security team for the day. The assassination took place on
Sweden's busiest road and more than a dozen witnesses saw a man fire the shots before fleeing the scene.
Palme's son Marten told Swedish radio that he believed prosecutors had reached the right conclusion and were right to close the case.
Thousands of people have been interviewed over Palme's death. A petty criminal was convicted of the killing but the verdict was later dismissed. Who is Stig Engstrom?
Stig Engstrom became known as Skandia Man as he had worked for the Skandia insurance company. He had been working late on the evening of the murder at the the firm's HQ close to the crime scene.
Engstrom was known to have been present at the scene of the murder. He was questioned by police several times but was quickly dismissed as a suspect.
Mr Petersson said witness descriptions of the gunman correlated with Engstrom's appearance and witnesses also contradicted Engstrom's own account of his movements at the scene.
Engstrom lied about the moments after the murder, even claiming he had tried to resuscitate Palme. He eventually killed himself in 2000.
He was first identified as a suspect by journalist Thomas Pettersson, and police started looking into Engstrom 18 years after his death. (BBC website)
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