Researching Bertil Wedin
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 3 people with the Wedin surname? In that year Wedin was ranked number 3576 for popularity in the UK. |
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Bertil Wedin
Bertil Wedin (born 21 November 1940) is a Swedish former secret service agent. He was accused in an English court, but acquitted of the 1982 burglary of the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) office in London. In 1996, Wedin was named as a suspect in the assassination of Sweden's premier, Olof Palme, but he has denied any involvement. His accuser, Peter Caselton – who with eight others including Craig Williamson had applied for amnesty from South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission for the March 1982 bombing of the ANC office in London – was allegedly a member of an apartheid South Africa assassination squad. He was also suspected of bombing the ANC Stockholm office in 1986. Wedin denies involvement in any crimes.
Wedin has been a resident of Kyrenia in Northern Cyprus since 1985.
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