Efat Ghazi
Efat Ghazi (
, in 1990.Life
Efat Ghazi was born in a Kurdish family in
Death
On 6 September 1990, at about 12:45 p.m., Ghazi was seriously wounded after opening a letter bomb outside her family's house in Västerås.[1] She was taken to a hospital where she died from her wounds three hours later.[1] From the letter remainders which the police collected from the crime scene, it was confirmed that the letter bomb was addressed to her husband.[2] The Iranian government was quickly suspected by many of having ordered the assassination, which had many similarities to other assassinations and assassination attempts of Iranian political exiles around the world at this time.[3] However, a few years after the assassination, the Swedish police closed the investigation citing lack of evidence.[3]
Thousands of people showed up at the funeral in Västerås, many of them from abroad. Among the speakers at the funeral was C.-H. Hermansson, former leader of the Swedish Left Party.[3]
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e f g Fälth, Gun (7 September 1990). "Kvinna sprängd till döds". Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish).
- ^ a b Westmar, Bo (7 September 1990). "Bomben var avsedd för maken". Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish).
- ^ a b c Rahimi, Babak (19 November 2002). "Offer för Irans dödspatruller" (in Swedish). Mana. Retrieved 2007-12-30.[dead link]