STOCKHOLM (AP) – Germany has asked Sweden to extradite a man serving a life sentence for a string of racially motivated shootings to stand trial in the murder of a Jewish woman in Frankfurt nearly a quarter century ago.
Dubbed “Laserman” for the laser sight he used on a rifle, John Ausonius was convicted of one murder and nine attempted murders after series of shootings against immigrants in Sweden in the 1990s.
German investigators suspect he was also involved in the killing of a 68-year-old woman in Frankfurt in 1992.
Prosecutor Krister Petersson on Tuesday said Ausonius, now 63, will be questioned this week about the extradition request. He expected a court hearing to be held in the next two weeks.
Noting he hadn’t seen the German request yet, Ausonius’ defense lawyer Thomas Olsson said he would likely reject it because “it is not possible to conduct even a remotely fair trial after such a long time.”