Media is invited to a press conference on Tuesday 11 December concerning the review of the case regarding a surgeon who was formerly employed at Karolinska University Hospital where he performed surgeries of tracheas.

The surgeon was notified of the suspicions against him for three cases of causing another's death, gross crime, as well as causing bodily harm, gross crime, and one case of causing bodily harm, gross crime. The surgeries were performed between 2011 and 2013. The preliminary investigation was discontinued on 12 October 2017. One injured party, and relatives to two other injured parties, who passed away, requested a review. In December 2017, the Prosecution Development Centre started to examine the case with four injured parties. On Tuesday 11 December, Director of Public Prosecution, Mikael Björk, will make a decision and present it at the press conference. Either the Director of Public Prosecution shares the Public Prosecutor's assessment that the investigation should remain discontinued. The case closes. Or, the Director of Public Prosecution decides to conduct further investigative measures and resume the preliminary investigation. Place, time and registration Place: Clarion Sign hotel, Östra Järnvägsgatan 35, Stockholm Time: 11 am on Tuesday 11 December, doors open at 10.30 Registration: please contact [email protected] later than 4 pm on Monday 10 December. Include press ID or certificate from editorial staff. Please note only accredited journalists can attend. Director of Public Prosecution, Mikael Björk will attend the press conference. There will be opportunities for interviews after the presentation. Questions will also be interpreted from Swedish into English, and vice versa, if needed. The prosecutor will not give interviews at any other time than at the press conference. Press service46 10 562 50 20

The case of a 42 year old man suspected of sending threatening letters to 21 Swedish ministers and other well-known people is today being prosecuted at Stockholm District Court. He is also accused of attempted murder after sending a letter bomb to a company in the UK. The prosecutor will be available to the media this afternoon.

The man is suspected of having sent letters in Sweden, which contained verbal threats as well as white powders which were found to be harmless on analysis. A total of 26 people received threatening letters. “I am of the view that the man intended to put the recipients in extreme fear. The crimes are serious as the threats were clearly strengthened by the presence of a white powder in each letter, which appeared poisonous or explosive. The threat to elected officials is particularly serious as it is a threat to democracy," states the Public Prosecutor, Eva Wintzell. The man is also suspected of attempted murder of four people in the UK after they received a letter bomb sent by the man. Case number: Stockholm District Court B 17019-17 Contact Public Prosecutor Eva Wintzell at the National Unit against Organised Crime, is available today 15 August between 13:00-15:00 by telephone +46 10 562 54 60. Press service46 10 562 50 20

On Thursday 7 June at 1 p.m. Stockholm District Court will announce the verdict where a man has been indicted on charges for terrorist crimes committed in Stockholm on 7 April 2017. The prosecutor will be available for brief comments with the media after the verdict is announced.

Stockholm District Court, case number B 4708-17. Contact: Deputy Chief Prosecutor Hans Ihrman will be available by phone for the media Thursday 7 June, 2-3 p.m. CET, for brief comments, +46 10562 53 95. The prosecutor will be available on 12 June for the media to give a more comprehensive analysis regarding the verdict. If you would like to book a time on 12 June, contact Press Service +46 10562 50 20, [email protected] no later than Friday 8 June 11 a.m. For general questions about the Swedish judicial system, please read more https://www.aklagare.se/en/the-legal-process/. Press service46 10 562 50 20

On Thursday 7 June at 1 p.m. Stockholm District Court will announce the verdict where a man has been indicted on charges for terrorist crimes committed in Stockholm on 7 April 2017. The prosecutor will be available for brief comments with the media after the verdict is announced.

Verdict in terrorist case in Stockholm Stockholm District Court, case number B 4708-17. Contact: Deputy Chief Prosecutor Hans Ihrman will be available by phone for the media Thursday 7 June, 2-3 p.m. CET, for brief comments. The prosecutor will be available on 12 June by phone for the media to give a more comprehensive analysis regarding the verdict. If you would like to book a time on 12 June, contact Press Service, [email protected] +46 10562 50 20. For general questions about the Swedish judicial system, please read more https://www.aklagare.se/en/the-legal-process/. Press service46 10 562 50 20

On Tuesday 30 January, Deputy Chief Public Prosecutor at the National Security Unit, Hans Ihrman, will indict a suspect concerning terrorist crimes committed in central Stockholm on 7 April 2017. The media is invited to a press conference regarding this prosecution.

The suspect, who has been detained since 11 April 2017, will be indicted for terrorist crimes. At the press conference, the prosecutor, police and Swedish Security Service will present the investigation. Time, place and registration Place: Stockholm County Police, Kungsholmsgatan 45Time: 11 am on Tuesday 30 January, doors open at 10.30Registration: please contact [email protected] no later than 2 pm on Monday 29 January. Bring your press ID or certificate from editorial staff. Please note only accredited journalists can attend. No late registration will be accepted. Participants at the press conference Hans Ihrman, Deputy Chief Public Prosecutor at the National Security UnitChrister Nilsson, Head of Investigations Division, National Operations DepartmentJohan Olsson, Chief of Operations at the Swedish Security Service There will be opportunities for interviews after the presentation. The presentation will be held in Swedish only. Interpretation from Swedish to English, and vice versa, will be available for the interviews afterwards. Before the trial starts, the prosecutor will not be available for interviews at any other time than at the press conference. Printed copies of the indictment in Swedish will be handed out at the press conference. A timetable for the main hearing will be posted at Stockholm District court's website. The prosecutor will be available for the media outside the courtroom for 15 minutes after each day's final session. Stockholm District Court, case no B 4708-17 Press service46 10 562 50 20

Deputy Chief Prosecutor Hans Ihrman, has requested the Stockholm District Court to permit extended time until 30 January to file the indictment in the case concerning suspected terrorist crime in Stockholm on 7 April.

An invitation to a press conference will be sent as soon as the Stockholm District Court has made its decision. Before indictment is filed the prosecutor cannot provide further information. Court´s case number: B 4708-17 Press service46 10 562 50 20

Case where the prosecutor wants to test whether an offence can be judged as rape.

On Thursday November 30, 2 p.m., Uppsala District Court will announce the verdict in a case where a man, aged 41, has been indicted on charges of aggravated child rape, aggravated sexual abuse of children, exploitation of children for sexual posing, child pornography crimes amongst others. The prosecutors will be available for contact with the media after the verdict is announced. The suspect lives in Sweden and has made contact over the internet with young girls from the US, Canada and Scotland. By threatening the girls, he has persuaded them to perform sexual acts in front of the web cam that he has recorded. There are 27 victims in total. Nine of them have not been identified. All of the 18 identified victims were 15 years old or younger when the crimes were committed. So far, no one has been convicted of rape in Sweden when the sexual acts have been performed over the internet. “We are looking forward to receiving a judgement from the Uppsala District Court as to whether the sexual acts that the girls performed on themselves can be seen as rape. We believe that there is support in precedent cases for these actions to be considered as rape and that the circumstances in this case will give us that result. We believe that in such a serious crime as this one, it could be rape even if the suspect is not present in the same room where the sexual acts are performed,” says Public Prosecutor Annika Wennerström at the International Public Prosecution Office in Stockholm. Uppsala District Court, number B 3216-16 Contact The prosecutors will be available for media today 2.45 - 4 pm CET Thursday November 30. Annika Wennerström, Public Prosecutor and Head of Investigation +46 10 562 55 58 Emelie Källfelt, Public Prosecutor +46 10 562 55 59 Press service+46 10 562 50 20

Stockholm District Court has granted the prosecutor more time to continue the preliminary investigation in the case concerning suspected terrorist crime at Drottninggatan on 7 April.

The Court decided to grant the request without an oral hearing since the defender admitted the prosecutor's request. The new time limit for the prosecutor to bring charges in the case is set to 21 December 2017. Press service 46 10 562 50 20

Stockholm District Court has granted the prosecutor more time to continue the preliminary investigation in the case concerning suspected terrorist crime at Drottninggatan on 7 April.

The Court decided to grant the request without an oral hearing since the defender admitted the prosecutor's request. The new time limit for the prosecutor to bring charges in the case is set to 23 November 2017. Press service46 10 562 50 20

On Thursday 12 October, the prosecutor decided to discontinue the investigations of a surgeon who was formerly employed at Karolinska University Hospital where he performed surgeries of tracheas.

The two investigations of the surgeon concern five operations on four people during the period 2011-2013. The surgeon was notified of the suspicions against him concerning three counts of causing another's death, gross crime, alternatively causing bodily harm, gross crime, and one case of causing bodily harm, gross crime. Three out of the four individuals have since died. − We have reached the conclusion that four of the five operations were negligently carried out, as the surgeon performed the operations using synthetic tracheas, which is in conflict with science and tried-and-tested practice. However, we have been unable to prove that any crimes have been committed. We cannot prove that the effects of his actions, with sufficient degree of probability, would not have occurred had another method been used. Regarding the fourth individual, we are not of the opinion that the surgeon's actions were negligent. Expert medical opinion is not unanimous regarding what should have been done instead for these seriously ill individuals, which therefore has made the suspicions difficult to prove, says public prosecutor Jennie Nordin. Together with public prosecutors Anders Tordai and Leif Appelgren, Jennie Nordin has analysed a large amount of data. Approximately 80 interviews have been held in Sweden and abroad to obtain details for the investigations. − The investigations have been comprehensive with many complex medical issues, says Jennie Nordin. Decision, plaintiffs 1-3 (pdf) Decision, plaintiff 4 (pdf) Press service46 10 562 50 20