As a Swede, I thank you all for the condoleances. Needless to say, this was of course a shock to us all. I was on a business trip and after a dinner with collegues on Wednesday night, we got the message that she had been stabbed a few hours before. Thursday morning, we got the message that she passed away at 5.29 am after being in surgery for the entire night. It happened just a few days before our referendum on adoption of the Euro as our currency (it's held on Sunday). Anna Lindh was one of the politicians most visible in the debate and one wonders of course if the attack was somewhat connected to this. The attack took place just a few blocks from where Olof Palme was assassinated in 1986.