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Mijailović claims not to have been mentally ill at the time. "Feeling bad is not the same as being sick", he explained. The reason that he tried to appear as being mentally ill following his arrest was his belief that life in a psychiatric hospital would be easier than in a prison. Mijailović also
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On 6 January 2004, after being presented with the evidence against him, Mijailović confessed to the police that he had stabbed Anna Lindh, without the intention to kill her. He said, "I'm not interested in politics", and "It could have been someone other than Anna Lindh. I have nothing personal
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