The district court in Gothenburg ordered a 36-year-old man to remain behind bars on allegations that he stabbed a 10-year-old Dutch girl and her grandmother in the Swedish city during a holiday visit. The hearing on Friday afternoon was held a day after the apparently random attack in Brunnsparken, a particularly busy area in the city center. The suspect said he could not remember what happened.
Police said that they could not find a connection between the man and the victims prior to the incident. It appeared the man used two knives which were stolen shortly before the violent crime. Two knives were also found at the scene, after passers-by tackled the suspect and held him down until police arrived minutes later.
