Teller Report

Was stabbed with a sword in the throat – man convicted of attempted murder in Orsa

10/12/2023, 2:54:01 PM

Highlights: Man convicted of attempted murder at Mora District Court in Orsa. Victim suffered lacerations and pain in his neck, wrist and fractures in one hand. The man admits that he delivered a blow with the sword but says that he did not intend to deprive the plaintiff's life. The sanction will be forensic psychiatric care with a special discharge review and he must pay damages, just over SEK 400,000, Mora district Court announces. The men were neighbors and the attack took place on July 19.

The man who stabbed another man in Orsa this summer has now been convicted of attempted murder at Mora District Court.


It was on July 19 that a man attacked a person at an address in central Orsa. He allegedly tried to kill him by stabbing the person's head and torso with a sword. The victim suffered lacerations and pain in his neck, wrist and fractures in one hand.

Forensic psychiatric care

The man admits that he delivered a blow with the sword but says that he did not intend to deprive the plaintiff's life. According to the verdict, the men were neighbors.

The sanction will be forensic psychiatric care with a special discharge review and he must pay damages, just over SEK 400,000, Mora District Court announces.