Axe murder

For characters and nicknames, see Axe Murderer (disambiguation).

According to legend, a man called Lalli killed Bishop Henry with an axe on the ice of Lake Köyliö in 1156.[1][2] The murder of St. Henry by Lalli, painting by Karl Anders Ekman (1854).
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An axe murder is a murder in which the victim was struck and killed by an axe or hatchet.

  1. ^ Michell, Thomas (1888). Handbook for Travellers in Russia, Poland, and Finland. J. Murray, [etc., etc.] pp. 532. Lalli bishop.
  2. ^ Fryxell, Anders Fryxell (1844). The History of Sweden. Original from the New York Public Library: R. Bentley. pp. 192. Lalli bishop.