Shock in Sweden at the death of a diplomat questioned for spying

Sweden Foreign Minister talks about grief among his colleagues after emerging that a diplomat who had been questioned this week on suspicion of spying was found dead.

The man, described as a high -ranking diplomat, was arrested by Sweden’s intelligence service on Sunday and released on Wednesday. He denied misconduct, although prosecutors said he remained suspicious.

Foreign Minister Maria Malmer Stenergard has released a statement that says her thoughts are with the family, friends and colleagues of the diploma and said it was a difficult day.

She said she couldn’t get into more details on the case. Police said there was no suspicious circumstances surrounding death.

Former Foreign Minister Carl Bilt has described the “tragically deceased ambassador” as an extremely gifted and competent, who has worked in various roles within the Foreign Ministry.

Swedish reports said he had spent long periods located outside Europe, most recently as an ambassador. Asked to confirm whether the man who died is the ambassador, his lawyer Anton Strand said there was no comment.

The images of the door to the apartment of the Swedish TV diploma showed that he was forced open during his arrest.

The diplomat has sought medical treatment for injury and has filed a report claiming that it is alleged to use excessive force at the time. Säpo said the arrest was peaceful.

Strand said in a statement to the BBC: “I provided his official report on abuse during the arrest has arrived at the Special Investigation Division. An investigation into this has begun.”

Unpertrained reports from the public television operator SVT suggest that Säpo has investigated a possible connection with the sudden resignation of the new national security advisor Tobias Tiberg, who left hours a day after taking on the role.

Hours before resigning, sensitive pictures of it in the dating app Grindr were sent anonymously to the government.

Strand did not comment on this, but said he had received the news of his client’s death early on Friday and his thoughts were with his family.

Prosecutor Per Lindqvist told Swedish television that death was unfortunately and a preliminary investigation into a suspected espionage was not completed.

The Swedish reports said the man was his 50s and returned to his home in Central Stockholm temporarily after a long period abroad.