Late Saturday aftrernoon, two parked cars exploded within 5 minutes of each other on a busy downtown Stockholm street packed with thousands of holiday shoppers. Below is the initial report from Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish).
http://www.svd.se/nyheter/inrikes/en-person-dod-efter-explosion-i-centrala-stockholm_5802621.svd
"Den första explosionen hördes 16.49. En bil var övertänd på Olof Palmes gata alldeles vid Drottninggatan som var full av julshoppande människor. Några minuter senare, vid klockan 17, hördes en kraftig smäll från Bryggargatan vid hörnan mot Drottninggatan. En man låg kvar livlös i snön."
"The first explosion was heard at 16:49. A car was engulfed in flames on Olaf Palmes Gatan (Street) near Drottninggatan, which was full of people Christmas shopping. A few minutes later, about 5 pm, a loud bang was heard from Bryggargatan at the corner of Drottninggatan. A man lay clealy lifeless in the snow."
Update:
Latest reports indicate the dead man blew himself up. Next to his body was a backpack containing six bombs, one of which exploded.
In addition, the Swedish news agency, TT, received a message threatening Swedes because of the "war" against Islam, Swedish involvement in the war in Afghanistan and the Swedish artist Lars Vilks.
http://www.svd.se/nyheter/inrikes/man-sprangde-sig-sjalv-i-stockholm_5802915.svd
Cirka tio minuter före explosionerna skickades ett mejl till TT, även adresserat till Säpo, där en man vänder sig till "Sverige och svenska folket". Han hänvisar till den svenska tystnaden kring Lars Vilks målningar, de svenska soldaterna i Afghanistan och säger att "nu ska era barn, döttrar och systrar dö lika som våra bröder och systrar och barn dör."
– Våra aktioner kommer att prata för sig själva. Så länge ni inte slutar ert krig mot islam och förnedrande mot profeten och ert dumma support till grisen Vilks, säger mannen.
About 5 minutes before the explosions, a message was sent to TT (Swedish News Agency), addressed to SAPO (Swedish Intelligence Service), and which spoke to "Sweden and the Swedish people". He referred to the Swedish silence regarding artist Lars Vilks, the Swedish soldiers in Afghanistan and said that 'now your children, daughters and sisters will die like our brothers, sisters and children die', said the man".
'Our actions will speak for themselves. So long as you do not end your war against Islam and defamation against the Prophet and your dumb support of the pig Vilks', said the man."
"Han uppmanar alla muslimer i Sverige att "sluta fjäska och förnedra er". Han avslutar meddelandet med en uppmaning till "alla mujahedin i Europa och Sverige":
"He called on all Muslims in Sweden to stop fussing and debasing themselves. He closed his message with a call to all mujahadin in Europe and Sweden."
– Nu är det dags att slå till, vänta inte längre. Kom fram med vad än ni har även om det är en kniv och jag vet att ni har mer än en kniv att komma med. Frukta ingen, frukta inget fängelse, frukta inte döden.
"Now is the time to act. Don't wait any longer. Come with whatever you have, even if it is a knife, and I know that you have more than a knife to bring. Fear nobody, fear no jail, do not fear death."
Update (Sunday)
Svenska Dagbladet is reporting that the man was a 29-year-old Iraqi who had immigrated to Sweden with his family in the 1990s.
Here is a video from Webb-TV:
http://www.svd.se/nyheter/webbtv/webb-tv-sjalvmordsbombare-i-stockholm_5803191.svd
Saturday, December 11, 2010
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4 comments:
The chickens have come home to roost. I don't feel sorry for them one bit.
These people should be killed in the name of the First Amendment - oh, wait, Sweden doesn't have one.
The war is not against Islam, it is against the abomination of theocracy - the hubris of any man (or woman) believing that they are authorized to speak for God.
The enemy lurks in every faith, but right now, the most openly armed and active are hiding behind Islam. Nevertheless, we should kill them all, whether al Qaeda or Lord's Resistance Army or anywhere else they rear their ugly head.
I believe I did read that Swedish law enforcement were investigating this as an act of terrorism. That may elicit a few "duh-uh"s, but at this point, their heads are not buried in the sand.
From the covererage of the US media, it's possible you only learned of this incident by reading Fousesquawk.
Initially, I did.
Of course I don't watch TV news, CBS, Fox, NPR, any of them.
I expect I'll read something in a news magazine, and I believe the New York Times did cover it eventually.
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