"WALLENDER" Crime writer Mankell held in Israel after aid boat attack

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Crime writer Mankell held in Israel after aid boat attack: Sweden
(AFP) – 6 hours ago

STOCKHOLM — Swedish crime writer Henning Mankell, author of the Wallander detective series, is one of nine Swedes held in Israel Monday after landing from a Gaza-bound aid flotilla attacked by Israeli commandos, Sweden's foreign ministry said.

Mankell "has been detained ... In all, nine Swedes have been detained," ministry spokesman Anders Joerle told AFP, adding that they were not all being held at the same place and some had been imprisoned while others had simply been taken into custody.

"I think Henning Mankell is just being held in custody. I'm not sure. The Israelis have him in some kind of detention," he said.

Some of the Swedes had been very slightly injured, Joerle said, adding that some Swedes believed to have been travelling with the flotilla when it was attacked early Monday had yet to be reached.

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Note: Henning Mankell is married to the daughter of Swedish filmmaker Ingmar Bergman.

[jonnyblitz]

1. my sister gets his books out of the library. she claims they

are quite good.

[Zoigal]

2. One of my favourite authors....not surprised that he was on an aid ship.....z