Yazied Mohamed, convicted of raping 16-year-old Meya Åberg, will not be deported after serving his prison sentence. The ruling comes from the Alto Norrland Court of Appeals in Sweden. Yazied is an 18-year-old Eritrean refugee.

The assault took place in September 2024, when Meya was walking home after missing her bus. It was after her late shift at McDonald’s. Yazied attacked her in a pedestrian tunnel. Also Read | Who is Francesca Orsini? Hindi scholar ‘blacklisted’, deported from Delhi

Under Swedish law, refugees can only be deported for crimes considered extremely serious. They may also get deported if they pose a major threat to public safety.

The court said that, although the attack was grave and traumatic, its short duration prevented it from meeting the legal criteria for dep

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