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The retrial to determine who really was behind the murder of 20-year-old Abbas Rezai has brought the issue of honour killings in Sweden back into focus.
"This re-trial sends out a message that Sweden won't accept honour-related crimes," Martin Permen, a police officer specialising in dealing with 'honour' killings, tells The Local.
In 2005 Rezai was found scalded, beaten, and repeatedly stabbed in the back and chest in his apartment.
Prior to the killing, his girlfriend's family, which hailed from Afghanistan, had expressed their displeasure with the relationship.