A suspected spy identified in Swedish media as a high-ranking diplomat has been released from custody but remains a suspect.
A suspected spy identified in Swedish media as a high-ranking diplomat has been released from custody but remains a suspect.
A suspected spy identified in Swedish media as a high-ranking diplomat has been released from custody but remains a suspect.
The Swedish Security Service (Säpo) announced the arrest in the capital on Monday, but gave no details about the case or the suspect’s identity.
“I believe there is no longer any reason for the person to remain in custody,” chief prosecutor Per Lindqvist said in a statement on Tuesday.
“The suspicions against the person have not been dismissed and the preliminary investigation is continuing,” he said.
Public broadcaster SVT has reported the case is connected to a scandal that hit Swedish national security advisor Tobias Thyberg last week.
He resigned within hours of his May 8th appointment after “sensitive” photos of him from dating app Grindr were sent anonymously to media and the government.
Sweden’s Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson said last week the government was investigating who sent them.
“It’s important to know who has something to gain from this,” he told the newspaper Dagens Nyheter.
SVT, which has not specified its sources, said the diplomat under arrest was not Thyberg, who served as Sweden’s ambassador to Ukraine and Afghanistan among other positions over a 24-year career. Thyberg himself is not suspected of any criminal offence.
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