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Murder overshadows Swedish poll
STOCKHOLM, Sweden (CNN) -- Sweden is voting on whether to adopt the euro, in a referendum overshadowed by the murder of the country's foreign minister, Anna Lindh. Lindh, 46, one of Sweden's most popular politicians, was stabbed while shopping in a Stockholm store on Wednesday, and died the next day. Prime Minister Goran Persson has urged Swedes to get out and vote in the referendum. The "yes" campaign moved into the lead over the "no" vote for the first time since April, an opinion poll revealed Saturday. The Gallup survey, taken among 1,033 people on September 11, showed the "yes" vote edging 43-42 percent ahead, with 15 percent still undecided. Lindh, a mother of two, had been at the forefront of the campaign for a "yes" vote. Officials have revealed she received threatening correspondence after writing an article setting out reasons why she believed the country should replace the krona with the common European currency. But police say they do not believe her murder was politically motivated. Police have released images of a man they want to question in connection with her murder, but have been unable to find fingerprints on a knife found at the scene. Police spokesman Leif Jennekvist said investigators were eager to get in touch with the man appearing on surveillance tapes from the Nordiska Kompaniet store where the attack happened. Cameras did not capture the actual attack. "It could be the perpetrator, it could be a good witness," Jennekvist told reporters in Stockholm. Police decided to release pictures after two tabloids obtained them and published them Saturday. The pictures show a man wearing a blue baseball cap and a gray hooded sweatshirt with his sleeves rolled up. Investigators may now seek help from British or German experts with more sophisticated equipment to identify possible DNA on the handle of the knife. Still haunted by the unsolved 1986 murder of Prime Minister Olof Palme, authorities are under intense pressure to find Lindh's killer. Both attacks raised concerns about the openness of public figures in Sweden, where it is common to see a prime minister jogging without bodyguards and politicians strolling with their families.
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