Bombings in Stockholm, Sweden

The 2010 Stockholm bombings occurred on 11 December 2010 when two bombs exploded in central Stockholm, Sweden, killing the bomber and injuring two others. Swedish Minister for Foreign Affairs Carl Bildt and the Swedish Security Service (SÄPO) have described the bombings as acts of terrorism.

The bombing is believed to have been perpetrated by an Iraqi-born Swedish citizen, whose name was reported to be Taimour Abdulwahab al-Abdaly. The Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation described the event as the first Islamic terrorist suicide attack in the Nordic countries.

The first explosion occurred at 16:48 CET, when an Audi 80 Avant car exploded at the intersection of Olof Palmes gata and Drottninggatan. According to the fire services the car contained bottles with liquefied petroleum gas which resulted in several more explosions. The car was also filled with a box which contained a large number of very sharp spikes that were designed to fly in all directions at the moment of the explosion in order to kill as many as possible. Two people at the site of the car explosion were taken to the hospital with minor injuries.

The second bombing occurred at about 17:00 CET, at the intersection of Bryggargatan and Drottninggatan. A man’s body, with blast injuries to his abdomen, was discovered nearby. According to a police spokesman the man had blown himself up. According to Aftonbladet, the man carried six pipe bombs but only one of them triggered, killing him. Close to the man a metal pipe and a rucksack filled with metal fasteners and an unknown substance suspected to be an explosive were found. Witnesses claim the bomber was "shouting something in Arabic" before detonating the bomb which killed him.

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