(AFP) The hanging of an effigy of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan showing him dangling by his legs from a rope in Stockholm does not warrant a criminal investigation, prosecutors said Monday.
“A decision has been taken not to initiate a preliminary investigation,” a spokeswoman for Sweden’s Prosecution Authority told AFP, providing no further details.
Speaking to newspaper Aftonbladet, public prosecutor Lucas Eriksson said he had received a complaint of “defamation” regarding the effigy.
“But I did not think it could amount to defamation,” Eriksson told the newspaper.
The incident further strained relations between Sweden and Turkey, which is currently holding off on ratifying Sweden’s NATO accession.
