Prosecutors in Germany say they have indicted a 63-year-old Swedish man over the killing of a Jewish woman in Frankfurt 25 years ago.
The suspect, John Ausonius, is known as “Laserman” in Sweden for the gunsight he used in a series of shootings of immigrants in the Nordic country during the 1990s. He was convicted of one murder and nine attempted murders, and sentenced to life in prison.
John Ausonius, a convicted murderer, bank robber, and attempted serial killer, seen in Stockholm, Sweden in 1986. (CC BY-SA Wikimedia commons)
Prosecutors in Frankfurt said Tuesday that Ausonius is also suspected of killing 68-year-old Blanka Zmigrod, an employee at a Moevenpick restaurant, on February 23, 1992, and taking her handbag.
German prosecutors reopened the case in 2014 as part of a nationwide effort to review suspected far-right killings.
Ausonius agreed to be extradited to Germany in December.
— AP
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