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On 16:00 10 September 2003, while shopping in the ladies' section of the Nordiska Kompaniet department store in central Stockholm for a televised debate later that night on the referendum about Sweden's adoption of the euro, Lindh was stabbed in the chest, abdomen and arms. At the time, she was not protected by bodyguards from the Swedish Security Service; this proved controversial, given the similarity between Lindh's murder and that of Prime Minister Olof Palme in 1986. Anna Lindh was rushed to Karolinska University Hospital, where she underwent surgery and blood transfusions for over nine hours. On 11 September 2003, she was pronounced dead. The murderer escaped after the crime; according to eyewitness accounts, his actions appeared deliberate and systematic. A phone number was set up for anyone who might know anything about the crime, and a massive manhunt was launched in Sweden. On 24 September, the police announced that a suspect, Mijailo Mijailovic (born in Sweden to Serb parents), had been apprehended and arrested.