ASAP Rocky’s Swedish lawyer shot in Stockholm
ASAP Rocky (picture by Ben Kaye) and Legal professional Henrik Olsson Lilja (picture through Olssonlilja.se)
A lawyer who labored on ASAP Rocky’s assault case in Sweden, Henrik Olsson Lilja, has been shot in what seems to be a focused assault.
Based on quite a few stories, Olsson Lilja was leaving his residence early Friday morning when he was apparently ambushed by a person ready contained in the constructing. Forbes stories there was a scuffle earlier than Olsson Lilja was shot within the head and chest. The assailant sped off in a black SUV, whereas a neighbor gave the sufferer a cellphone to name 911 round 9:00 a.m. native time.
Along with contacting emergency companies himself, Olsson Lilja was reportedly aware and speaking when police arrived. Swedish outlet The Native contacted Karolinska College Hospital and realized Olsson Lilja was in “severe however steady” situation as of two:00 p.m..
Swedish police are treating the capturing as an remoted incident, although it’s not but identified if it’s linked to Olsson Lilja’s work as an lawyer. (He additionally represents one in all China’s most needed fugitives, Qiao Jianjun, accused of embezzling tens of millions of . Sweden has chosen to not extradite Jianjun on the fees.) The Swedish Police Authority’s web site states that “police have arrested a number of individuals for questioning.” Forbes has it that a type of introduced in is a girl who can also be a senior lawyer and had been banned from making contact with Lilja.
Olsson Lilja was a part of the protection group that represented ASAP Rocky after the rapper was charged with assaulting 19-year-old Afghani political refugee Mustafa Jafari again in July. President Trump tried to get entangled within the case, and the US Ambassador to Sweden warned of “doubtlessly unfavourable penalties” if the trial went forward. Rocky was ultimately discovered responsible of the crime and given a two-year suspended sentence.
