1986 Viking Sally murder

Murder aboard a ferry in 1986 1987 Viking Sally murder1987 Viking Sally murder December 2022 thumb|right|MS Viking Sally, pictured in Stockholm harbour in the 1980s The 1986 Viking Sally murder took place in July 1986, aboard the cruiseferry MS Viking Sally en route from Turku, Finland, to Stockholm, Sweden, when Reijo Hammar (born 1953) killed businessman Antti Eljaala (born 1942).Viking Sallyn 32 vuotta vanha murhamysteeri nousi uudestaan tapetille, poliisi uskoo ratkaisuun 32-year-old murder mystery on Viking Sally back on the agenda, police confident of solution https://www.iltalehti.fi/kotimaa/a/1917eba1-397f-40af-8cae-8e437d42bd36 11 September 2020 Iltalehti 3 August 2019 fi Hammar was later described as the most dangerous known criminal in Finland. Murder On the morning of 10 July 1986, towards the end of their journey, Eljaala, Hammar, and an associate of the latter had gone into Eljaala's cabin, where Hammar stole money from Eljaala's wallet. Eljaala intended to report this to the police, but as he was leaving the cabin to do so, Hammar stabbed him five times in the throat with a dinner knife, followed by strangling him to death with a strip of fabric torn from the cabin's bedsheet, assisted by his accomplice.Sarjakuristaja on ainoa suomalainen, jonka FBI on määritellyt sarjamurhaajaksi - mutta on Suomessa muitakin karuja rikollisia: tässä osa pahimmista https://www.iltalehti.fi/kotimaa/a/201805082200930420 12 September 2020 Iltalehti 8 May 2018 fi Reijo Hammar Hammar was found guilty of murdering Eljaala and sentenced to life imprisonment. Approximately two years later, in July 1988, he escaped from prison with two other inmates, in the process shooting a prison guard in the arm with a sawn-off shotgun.Reijo Hammar armahdettiin https://www.ts.fi/uutiset/1074016996 Reijo Hammar pardoned 12 September 2020 Turun Sanomat 4 January 2005 fi The escapees went on to carry out a number of bank robberies. Hammar later killed one of the men, by hitting him on the head with an axe following an argument. Eventually Hammar was caught in Stockholm, after a few weeks on the run. Due to his record of murders, armed robberies and other serious crimes, he was considered at the time the most dangerous criminal in Finland. Nevertheless, Hammar was pardoned by President Tarja Halonen in December 2004. In 2011, now called Andreas Hammar, he was found guilty of attempted manslaughter.Ex-elinkautisvangille neljä vuotta tapon yrityksestä Ex-lifer gets four years for attempted manslaughter https://www.is.fi/kotimaa/art-2000000456528.html 12 September 2020 Ilta-Sanomat 7 December 2011 fi Viking Sally The ship in question, MS Viking Sally, was part of the Viking Line ferry fleet, which provides daily cruise ferry services between Sweden, Finland and Åland. A year after the Eljaala murder, another passenger was murdered on the same ship. Viking Sally later became MS Estonia, which in 1994 sank in the Baltic Sea claiming 852 lives in one of the worst maritime disasters of the 20th century (after the sinking of the Wilhelm Gustloff in 1945).Estonia ferry disaster: French court rejects compensation claim https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-49050382 12 September 2020 BBC 19 July 2019 References Finland Category:1986 murders in Finland Category:1986 murders in Sweden Category:Maritime incidents in 1986 Category:Deaths by strangulation Category:Maritime incidents in Finland Category:Maritime incidents in Sweden Category:July 1986 in Europe Category:MS Estonia