Swedish police: Explosions were terrorism

[Gerald]

STOCKHOLM – Swedish police said Sunday that two explosions in central Stockholm were an act of terrorism by what appeared to be a suicide bomber, who killed himself and injured two people on a busy shopping street.Police would not comment on a motive for the Saturday attack. But a Swedish news agency said it received an e-mail threat just before the blast in which the writer claimed to have visited the Middle East "for jihad," and referred to the country's soldiers in Afghanistan and a cartoon of the Prophet Muhammad that outraged the Muslim world.

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Note: Published December 12, 2010

[onelifecrisis]

On the bright side, there's one less fu<khead in the world.

[Gerald]

I agree!

[papa_smurf]

On the bright side, there's one less fu<khead in the world.

Another nominee for a Darwin Award.

[TLAM Strike]

Originally Posted by papa_smurf

Another nominee for a Darwin Award.

Actually the list of Darwin winners for this would be huge, around half of suicide bombers in Afghanistan kill either themselves only or their buddies before going out on their mission (a nice big group hug is tradition before martyrdom... I'm not kidding...).

[the_tyrant]

Terrorism is anti evolution
why?
in other forms of crime, the smart ones survive, while the dumb ones get caught.
in terrorism, the smart ones die, and the dumb ones get their bombs from the FBI

[nikimcbee]

Sweden has terrorists?

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by nikimcbee

Sweden has terrorists?

I wasn't aware they had troops in Afghanistan until I saw the tv news on this incident

[Gerald]

This is probably about a person and his conduct, Sweden is a part of the world and unfortunately things like this happened here and there.

[Fincuan]

Once again we can put the blame on movies. This guy had obviously watched Four Lions too many times.

[the_tyrant]

Originally Posted by Fincuan

Once again we can put the blame on movies. This guy had obviously watched Four Lions too many times.

I　LOVE　that movie

[Jimbuna]

Bloody hell!!...I've a tatoo with three lions on it (ECB logo)

Pleased it isn't four because I'd hate people to think I was in any way associated with jihadists

[TLAM Strike]

Originally Posted by jimbuna

I wasn't aware they had troops in Afghanistan until I saw the tv news on this incident

Yes they have 500 troops in the ISAF:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interna...buting_nations

[Gerald]

The man who owns the car that blew up in the corner of the Olaf Palme Street and Queen Street on Saturday is probably also the person who minutes after the car caught fire, blew himself to death at Bryggatan. Car owner's name is also identical to the signature on the hotmejl sent to SAPO (Swedish Security Service) shortly before the bombings.

28-year-old's father says to Expressen (Newspaper) that his son left home in southern Sweden early on Saturday morning in his car.

- We have tried to call my son, but his mobile is off, "said the father told the newspaper.

Yesterday, police had cordoned off the apartment where the man is written, which is located in the center of a small town in southern Sweden.

On his Facebook page, 28-year-old expressed radical religious views on the war in Iraq, and called for a boycott of Denmark. He status updates often consisted of prayers, and he has uploaded videos with Islamist messages, reported Aftonbladet. (Newspaper)

In late November, the man wrote on Facebook:

"God take my life when you become satisfied with my honest word and deed. God, I dedicate all my actions to you. God keep me away from falsehood, "according to Expressen. (Newspaper)

The man came to Sweden with his family in the early 90th century, from Iraq.

Friends of the man told Aftonbladet that he had good grades in high school, played basketball, loved to drink beer and found it easy to meet girls.

A man who went to the same class as 28-year-old high school describes him as a person who took a lot of space.

- He was talkative, asked a lot of lessons and was loud, "says the classmate told SvD. (Newspaper)

But none of the 28-year-old's behavior spoke for the attacks he is suspected.

- He never expressed any extremist views, or was violent, as I can remember. It's always hard to think that someone you felt would do something like this, but you can never say what will happen to someone after stopping to know them, "says the classmate.

After high school, the man moved to England to train as naprapath. He has an unpaid student debt registered. In England he married and had two daughters, but recently he moved back to Sweden and now he is registered as unmarried.

The e-mail that was sent to the Security Service and TT (The Swedish news agency) just before the explosions, however, the man writes about his wife, including that he could not tell who it was for his wife or children. He also asks family for forgiveness, and asks his wife to kiss the children. "Tell them Daddy loves them," said the man.

On an Internet site he has described himself as a Sunni Muslim, as "very religious". He also writes that he wants to live in an Arab country.

According to friends who spoke to Aftonbladet, the man recently becoming more religious, but they still had not thought he would become a suicide bomber.

- I am so shocked that I do not know what to say, one of them says to the newspaper.

The e-mail that was sent to TT claims 29-year-old that he does not belong to any organization, but that he traveled to the Middle East for jihad, which in Islamic terminology is sometimes used as a term for holy war.

Note: The text edited for English, from Swedish!

Sounds like someone that wanted to commit Suicide for personnal reasons
but did not want the stigma of that kind of Suicide.
Much like 'Death by Cop' in the U.S.