Carola Herlin
Died 10 August 2015
Who they were
Carola was 55 and came from Skellefteå. She was at IKEA in Västerås with her son Emil, who was also killed.
What happened
On 10 August 2015, Carola and her son Emil were stabbed to death at the IKEA store in Västerås. Police found no connection between the attacker and the victims. Hours earlier the attacker had been told that his asylum case was rejected and that he would be sent back to Italy. Västmanland District Court sentenced him to life imprisonment and expulsion; the Svea Court of Appeal upheld the verdict.
Verdict / confirmation
Västmanlands tingsrätt: life imprisonment + expulsion; upheld by Svea hovrätt.
Perpetrator: An Eritrean asylum seeker (born 1979) who had been told hours earlier that he would be sent back to Italy (SVT, DN).