Bo Eric Holmström , ( 18 October 1938 – 12 October 2017 ) was a Swedish journalist , reporter and author . He worked as a reporter both for SVT and TV4 . He was the Swedish reporter covering the Norrmalmstorg robbery in 1973 and the West German Embassy siege in 1975 . On 11 September 2003 he was the first reporter to announce in media that Swedish Foreign Minister Anna Lindh had died from injuries sustained after an attack earlier that same day . He was reporting from Karolinska hospital for TV4 . In 2007 he was awarded the Stora journalistpriset for his journalism work . In 2015 he was awarded an honorary Kristallen at the Kristallen awards
West German Embassy siege
West German Embassy siege
Bo Holmström