Posted on 12/11/2010 4:18:41 PM PST by traumer
Two explosions killed a man and injured two other people in a busy shopping area in central Stockholm, Swedish police have confirmed.
Police spokesman Kjell Lindgren said it was possible that the dead man had blown himself up, but this had not been confirmed by investigators.
Swedish media reported that he had killed himself with a bomb.
Lindgren said police were also investigating whether other, unexploded bombs were on the scene.
The TT news agency said it had received an email warning with a threat to Sweden and its people ahead of the Stockholm explosions.
It said the threat was linked to Sweden's presence with Nato in Afghanistan, where it has a force of 500 soldiers, mainly in the north.
TT said the warning, which was also sent to Sweden's Security Police, was received 10 minutes before the blasts, and also referred to caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed by Swedish artist Lars Vilks.
The email had sound files in Swedish and Arabic.
"Our actions will speak for themselves, as long as you do not end your war against Islam and humiliation of the Prophet and your stupid support for the pig Vilks," TT quoted a man as saying in one of the sound files.
Police spokeswoman Petra Sjolander said the first explosion had been in a car containing gas canisters.
The dead man was found at the site of the second blast about 300 yards away.
It was not immediately clear precisely what caused the blasts and investigators and emergency services were at the scene.
Witnesses said a bomb disposal robot was being used.
Media reported scenes of panic among teeming Christmas shoppers, with people fleeing amid smoke and the smell of explosives.
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Hunh. I guess anarchy by any other name would still be terrorism.
Islamicide.
Muslims. Who could have guessed?
Those wacky Amish!
Shhhh - you cannot say it in the open....
Lars Vilks
Two more? Jihad is steady on.
And the TSA gropes grandma’s private parts, and her honorable WWII vet husband. Or we zap them with x-rays - maybe get a nice cancer started. Sheesh.
I think as a country we have gone insane. We know who the terrorists are.
IMHO The Serbs tried to warn the West....instead the U.S./NATO sided with the Islamic jihadists....now the disease is spreading to neighborhoods across the globe.
After this the TSA will go MAD....
jihad is a two way street!
is it time to mount up yet?
IMHO The Serbs tried to warn the West....instead the U.S./NATO sided with the Islamic jihadists....now the disease is spreading to neighborhoods across the globe.
In fairness — and to be completely accurate — the Serbs were committing genocide against the Croatians as well, not just the Muslims. Of course, none of t hem discriminated too much in whom they killed once the killing got started.
I wonder when the mass protests will erupt against the evil United States?
Pay no attention, Citizens., It is just the mooslims giving you a Christmas gift. How can you be so unappreciative of their act of kindness?
Yeah. a most appropriate Christmas gift from the ROP.
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