Man sentenced Mohammd Abu Sweid for his brother’s killing before clearing him

Copenhagen — A regional prosecutor has declined to press charges against a haulage contractor whose brother was fatally stabbed by a psychiatric patient during a scheduled transport, ending a two-year ordeal that Mohammd Abu Sweid called unbearable.

Midt- and Vestsjællands Politi said on Monday it would not bring a criminal case against Abu Sweid, who ran Marias Taxa in Roskilde, after reviewing evidence that his firm had met all training and safety rules in force at the time of the March 27 2025 incident.

The decision follows separate rulings by the Danish Working Environment Authority and the Work Environment Appeals Board, which both faulted the regional health authority for failing to flag the passenger as a safety risk before the trip.

Yamen Hussein Abu Sweid, 27, was driving a Flextrafik minibus when the passenger slashed his throat en route to psychiatric emergency care. He died days later.

Anklagemyndigheden said the passenger’s behaviour was “unpredictable and unforeseeable,” and that the information Abu Sweid received about the passenger was incomplete. It also noted that the firm’s visitation process had not violated any existing rules.

Abu Sweid said the ruling removed a second burden after the loss of his brother.

“It has been very hard to live with the accusation that I share responsibility for my brother’s death, especially while I still feel that loss every day,” he told DR. “I am grateful for the thorough review and that no case will be brought.”

Region Sjælland, which commissions the transport, said it has since strengthened visitation checks and now involves police when a patient may pose a risk. Movia, the regional transit agency, has added emergency call buttons and in-bus cameras to Flextrafik vehicles.

Trine Wollenberg, deputy director of the Danish Passenger Transport Association, welcomed the decision as a reminder to regional authorities to tighten visitation procedures.

The Work Environment Appeals Board upheld a separate order from the Danish Working Environment Authority that faulted Movia for not including adequate safety information in its procurement documents for psychiatric transfers.