Birat wrestled down the suspected knife killer: "Sat on his back until the police came"

She was in the bakery when she heard the screams. Birat looked out and saw a knife-wielding man assaulting a woman in the square outside - and rushed there.

- I shouted no, no. Took off my work jacket, a rather thick jacket, and started hitting on him, she says.

Birat is back in the square at the center of Bellevuegården in Malmö. A day has passed since a woman in her 50s was stabbed here on Wednesday morning. The woman, who was well known in the area having run a kiosk for over 20 years, was taken to hospital by ambulance but died from her injuries.

A man has been arrested and detained as a suspect in the murder.

Birat managed to knock the knife out of the man's hand, causing him to drop it on the ground. Then she remained on his back until the police came and took over.

- I caught him from behind and got him down on the ground. I sat on his back and shouted 'call the police,'” she says.

A short distance away lay the badly injured woman. Paramedics from the home care office nearby came out and tried to help her, but her life could not be saved.

In front of the shop in the square where the woman worked, a sea of ​​flowers has been built up. Many in the area were familiar with the woman who was described as friendly, bubbly, happy and well-liked.

Birat works in home care and is often at the market to shop for care recipients. She therefore knew the woman very well.

- Everyone knows her, she was very nice, she says.

Erik Åberg, local police area manager for Hyllie in Malmö, says that the arrested man and the murdered woman were not strangers to each other.

- There is a personal connection between victim and perpetrator, so I can't go into it more specifically, he says.

The police are now working to map the sequence of events with the help of footage from surveillance cameras and interrogations. At the same time, the traces from the technical investigation carried out at the murder scene are analysed.

Erik Åberg refers to the fact that a preliminary investigation is underway and therefore does not want to comment on whether the police have a clear picture of a motive.

- We are interviewing everyone involved in the incident. There is full force in that work.