2010 Stockholm bombings
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On 11 December 2010, two bombs exploded in central Stockholm, killing the bomber.[1][2][3] Swedish Minister for Foreign Affairs Carl Bildt and the Swedish Security Service (SÄPO) described the bombings as acts of terrorism.[1][4]
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2010 Stockholm bombings | |
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Part of Islamic terrorism in Europe | |
Location | Drottninggatan, Stockholm, Sweden |
Coordinates | 59°20′8.5″N 18°3′35.2″E (car bomb) 59°20′0.9″N 18°3′41.1″E (suicide bomb) |
Date | 11 December 2010 16:48 (UTC+1) |
Target | Civilians |
Attack type | Suicide attack |
Weapons | Car bomb, Pipe bomb |
Deaths | 1 (the attacker) |
Injured | 2 |
Motive | Islamic terrorism |
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Taimour Abdulwahab al-Abdaly, an Iraqi-born Swedish citizen, is suspected of carrying out the bombing.[5][6]
According to investigations by FBI, the bombing would likely have killed between 30 and 40 people had it succeeded, and it is thought that al-Abdaly operated with a network.[7]
Europol categorized the attack as Islamist terrorism.[8]