Suicide bomber causes panic among Christmas shoppers in Stockholm Saturday over apparent silence by the Swedish government to condemn Mohamed cartoon

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STOCKHOLM--

A car explosion and what appeared to be a suicide attack injured two people, killed the apparent bomber, and caused panic among Christmas shoppers in Stockholm Saturday.

Stockholm Police spokeswoman Petra Sjolander said a car exploded near Drottninggatan, a busy shopping street in the center of the city.Shortly afterward, a second explosion was heard higher up on the samestreet, and a man was found injured on the ground.

Hewas later pronounced dead.

Sjolandersaid it was unclear what caused the second explosion and whether the two blasts were linked, but said a police bomb squad has been sent to the site.

Ten minutes before the blasts, Swedish news agency TT received an e-mail saying "the time has come to take action."

According to the news agency, the e-mail referred to Sweden's silence surrounding artist Lars Vilk's drawing of Muhammad as a dog and its soldiers in Afghanistan.

"Now your children, daughters and sisters shall die like our brothers and sisters and children are dying," the news agency quoted the e-mail as saying.

Police said they were aware of the e-mail, which had also been addressed to Sweden's security police, but couldn't immediately confirm a link to the explosions.

Two people were taken to the hospital with light injuries. It was not immediately clear in which explosion they were hurt.

Rescue services spokesman Roger Sverndal said the car that exploded contained gas canisters.

Gabriel Gabiro, a former AP staffer, heard the second explosion from inside a watch store across the street and saw smoke coming from the area where the man was lying.

"There was a man lying on the ground with blood coming out in the area of his belly, and with his personal belongings scattered around him,"he said.

Gabiro said the blast was "quite loud" and he saw people running from the site.

"It shook the store that I was in," he said. "Then there was smoke and gun powder coming into the store."

"I saw some people crying, perhaps from the shock," he said.

Sweden— which has so far been spared any large terrorist attacks —raised its terror threat alert level from low to elevated in October because of "a shift in activities" among Swedish-based groups that could be plotting attacks there.

The security police said then that the terrorism threat in Sweden remained low compared to that in other European countries, and no attack was imminent.

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Edited December 12, 2010 by Lord Infamous

[Bad_Daddy 2,209]

Swedes would be much better off if they deported every one of them.

[Sofiyya 1,687]

Swedes would be much better off if they deported every one of them.

Who is "them", Why_Ne?

Edited December 12, 2010 by Sofiyya

[ready4ONE 5,400]

Allah be praised the douche took only his own life.

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

According to the news agency, the e-mail referred to Sweden's silence surrounding artist Lars Vilk's drawing of Muhammad as a dog and its soldiers in Afghanistan.

Toon, or it didn't happen.

[mawilson 2,133]

Who is "them", Why_Ne?

Sweden is not a "country of immigrants". There are two groups of people,

native Swedes and immigrants. All Muslims currently residing in Sweden

are either immigrants or descendants of recent immigrants.

[Danno 1,228]

Allah be praised the douche took only his own life.

If you "accidentally", blow yourself up while trying to bomb others...... is there still and expectation of waiting Virgins, among these types?

[ready4ONE 5,400]

If you "accidentally", blow yourself up while trying to bomb others...... is there still and expectation of waiting Virgins, among these types?

Perhaps. An excellent question and one I had myself.

[Peikko 1,575]

It's a ###### stupid question that only morons would consider asking.

[Danno 1,228]

It's a ###### stupid question that only morons would consider asking.

And yet you were compelled to join the conversation?

Do you have a funny nose with that clown-act?

[Peikko 1,575]

And yet you were compelled to join the conversation?

Do you have a funny nose with that clown-act?

I decided to comment on what a jerk you and the other one are being for asking such a question if that's what you mean, yes. There is nothing legitimate about such speculations, nothing whatsoever.

Edited December 12, 2010 by Madame Cleo

[ready4ONE 5,400]

It's a ###### stupid question that only morons would consider asking.

So you support suicide bombings over cartoons? Or are you upset this dueche didn't take at least one innocent with him to assure his virgins?

[Peikko 1,575]

So you support suicide bombings over cartoons? Or are you upset this dueche didn't take at least one innocent with him to assure his virgins?

How did you come up with that spectacular leap of logic? What have I said that could possibly lead you to believe I support any type of violent struggle let alone am disappointed with the lack of loss of life in this instance? Please, enlighten me, this should be fascinating.

[ready4ONE 5,400]

How did you come up with that spectacular leap of logic? What have I said that could possibly lead you to believe I support any type of violent struggle let alone am disappointed with the lack of loss of life in this instance? Please, enlighten me, this should be fascinating.

By all means enlighten us with your opinion of the moron who killed only himself over a cartoon. Since you prefer to be abusive to other posters we are left to assume you support the suicide bombers. Correct that misunderstanding if you care to.

[Peikko 1,575]

By all means enlighten us with your opinion of the moron who killed only himself over a cartoon. Since you prefer to be abusive to other posters we are left to assume you support the suicide bombers. Correct that misunderstanding if you care to.

I'm a normal human being, you work it out genius.