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It was at 10 a.m. on Tuesday that the escape attempt occurred. Peter Madsen, 49, who is serving a life sentence for the murder of Swedish journalist Kim Wall, took a civilian employee hostage. He was armed with “a gun-like object” at the time of the incident. Madsen is also said to have threatened to wear a bomb belt.
The prison guards decided to release Peter Madsen so that the hostages would not be harmed. Shortly thereafter, however, the fugitive was arrested as he was heading to a white van some 500 meters from the prison. The arrest took place at 10:26 after police surrounded the vehicles and took Peter Madsen out onto the street.
After the arrest, he was questioned Peter Madsen before a detention judge at Glostrup District Court at 10am on Wednesday.
Peter Madsen is charged with attempting to escape, which can result in up to two years in prison, Ekstrabladet writes. He is also charged with threatening a prison psychologist during the escape and the police in connection with the arrest. According to Danish media, the police suspect that one or more unidentified perpetrators assisted Peter Madsen in the escape attempt.
Peter Madsen has pleaded guilty to all charges, according to BT.
The rest of the interrogation They were held behind closed doors and therefore journalists are not allowed to attend. The measure has been requested by the Danish police because they do not want the information from the interrogation to reach any assistants in the escape attempt.
At 12 o’clock it was announced that Peter Madsen would be detained for 14 days. The defense will not appeal, according to Danish TV2.
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