Sweden to present update on unsolved murder of Prime Minister Olof Palme

The unsolved murder of former Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme, who was shot dead 34 years ago in downtown Stockholm, may be a step closer being solved.

The case's chief prosecutor, Krister Petersson, will hold a press conference Wednesday morning to present an update on the case.

Earlier this year, Petersson said he was "positive about being able to present what happened and who is responsible for it."

Palme was gunned down Feb. 28, 1986, after he and his wife Lisbeth Palme left a movie theater in Stockholm.

She was injured in the attack and later identified the shooter as criminal Christer Pettersson, who was convicted of Palme's murder.

But the sentence was later overturned, leaving the murder an unsolved mystery.

It is a coincidence that the names of the chief prosecutor and the main suspect who later died, are similar.

The murder shocked the nation and is shook the Scandinavian county's image, which until then had been that it was a nation so safe and peaceful that politicians could move around in public without protection.