Brahim Khouya
Died 4 November 2013
Who they were
Brahim was originally from Morocco and met his future Swedish wife in Paris in the 1980s; he followed her to Sweden and settled there. He was a Swedish citizen, lived in Gothenburg and worked as an assistant nurse for a care company in Sogn og Fjordane. His manager described him as "a very positive person, a colleague we valued greatly".
What happened
On Monday 4 November 2013, Brahim was on his way home to Gothenburg after a two-month assignment in Årdal when he was killed in the knife attack on the Valdresekspressen bus, together with driver Arve Kvernhaug and a 19-year-old student. The indicted man died in custody in 2014 before trial.
Verdict / confirmation
No verdict – indicted perpetrator died in custody (2014).
Status: No verdict
Perpetrator: An asylum seeker from South Sudan, aged 30/31, with a final rejection, due to be deported (Aftenposten). Indicted for premeditated triple murder and declared legally sane, but died in custody in Sept 2014 before trial – no verdict.