Swedish police arrest suspect in slaying of foreign minister

STOCKHOLM, Sweden -- Swedish police arrested a suspect Tuesday night in the killing of Foreign Minister Anna Lindh, a spokesman told The Associated Press.

The suspect was captured in a restaurant near a soccer stadium in Solna, a suburb of the capital Stockholm, police spokeswoman Stina Wessling said. The man was not identified.

The arrest came after police put out a nationwide alert in a bid to track down the suspect. Earlier, police said they had completed a profile of the murderer and said that the search was in an "intensive stage."

Police spokesman Lars Groenskog told The Associated Press an arrest warrant had been issued but declined to identify the man or say where he was. Police wouldn't say if the arrest warrant was issued for a man who was captured on video by surveillance cameras at the department store where Lindh was stabbed last Wednesday.

Lindh was stabbed in the chest, arm and stomach as she shopped at an upscale department store in Stockholm on Sept. 10.

She died after several hours of surgery.

Authorities have said the attack did not appear to be politically motivated, though Lindh, who did not have bodyguards, was a prominent supporter of adopting the single European currency. Swedish voters overwhelmingly rejected the euro in Sunday's referendum.

The attack occurred blocks away from where Prime Minister Olof Palme was shot to death 17 years ago as he walked home from the movies. Both killings shocked Sweden, where violent crime is relatively rare and prominent leaders rarely travel with security.