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Suicide bomber lived off Swedish student aid

Mon, 18 Feb 2013 11:18:00 +0100

Stockholm suicide bomber Taimour Abdulwahab received more money from the Swedish state than from his terrorist financiers, including a 54,000-kronor ($8,550) payout made after he bled to death in his failed terror bid.

Stockholm bombing trial begins for 'accomplice'

Thu, 03 May 2012 09:51:00 +0200

A man went on trial in Scotland on Wednesday accused of conspiring with the man who carried out Sweden's first ever suicide bombing.

Untranslated document postpones bomber trial

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 18:41:00 +0200

The trial against Stockholm suicide bomber Taimour Abdulwahab's suspected accomplice Nasserdine Menni, set to open in Glasgow on Monday, was delayed until Wednesday due to a document needing to be translated to Swedish.

'There's no reason to fear another attack'

Fri, 09 Dec 2011 18:50:00 +0100

It's been one year since the attack by a suicide bomber on a Stockholm street that left Sweden reeling. The Local's Rebecca Martin examines what, if anything, has changed.

'No evidence bomber belonged to al-Qaeda'

Wed, 07 Dec 2011 15:42:00 +0100

An unexploded bomb was left in the car of Stockholm suicide bomber Taimour Abdulwahab, investigators said on Wednesday, adding that there was nothing to indicate he was a member of the al-Qaeda terror network.

Swedes to lift 'silence' on Stockholm bomb probe

Wed, 07 Dec 2011 09:38:00 +0100

Sunday marks one year since a suicide bomber blew himself up on a Stockholm street and on Wednesday the prosecutor plans to hold what some terror experts believe is a long-overdue press conference on the status of the investigation.

Police 'didn't want' pre-bomb video footage

Tue, 06 Dec 2011 08:43:00 +0100

Swedish police weren't interested in a shop owner's offer of a month's worth of surveillance camera footage taken in the weeks before Taimour Abdulwahab blew himself up in central Stockholm last December.

Abdulwahab 'called Iraq' before Stockholm bomb

Thu, 17 Nov 2011 08:51:00 +0100

Taimour Abdulwahab called a mobile telephone in Iraq the same day that he blew himself up in Stockholm, and received 60,000 kronor ($8,800) from backers in Scotland, according to British prosecutors.

Stockholm bomber's widow arrested in UK

Wed, 14 Sep 2011 23:36:00 +0200

A 28-year-old woman reported to be the wife of Stockholm suicide bomber Taimour Abdulwahab was arrested in the UK on Tuesday as part of an ongoing investigation into the attack.

Suicide bomb attack 'planned years ago'

Sat, 09 Apr 2011 19:48:00 +0200

The suicide bomb attack in Stockholm last December may have been planned for several years according to reports in the Swedish press.

Stockholm bomb suspect appears in UK court

Tue, 15 Mar 2011 08:19:00 +0100

A 30-year-old man arrested in Glasgow in connection with a suicide bombing in Stockholm in December appeared in a British court on Monday charged with terrorism offences.

UK police charge man over Stockholm bomb

Mon, 14 Mar 2011 15:07:00 +0100

Police in Scotland have confirmed that they have charged a 30-year-old man with terror crimes in connection with the suicide bombing in Stockholm in December.

Man held in the UK over Stockholm suicide bomb

Tue, 08 Mar 2011 12:43:00 +0100

Police in Scotland have confirmed that a man has been arrested in connection with the suicide bombing in Stockholm in December.

Al-Qaeda issues new Sweden threat: report

Thu, 17 Feb 2011 13:26:00 +0100

An English-language online publication with links to the al-Qaeda terrorist network has paid tribute to the suicide bomber who attacked in Stockholm in December while calling for new acts of terrorism in Sweden in indirect terms.

Stockholm bomb victim estimate 'well below 30'

Sun, 13 Feb 2011 10:36:00 +0100

A Swedish military agency that is testing the bombs that were found after the terrorist attack in Stockholm estimates that the number of people who could have been killed would have been "well below 30" if they had successfully detonated.

No sign Stockholm bomber had help: Säpo

Thu, 10 Feb 2011 15:36:00 +0100

Sweden's intelligence agency announced on Thursday that there are no indications that the man behind Sweden's first suicide bombing had any accomplices.

Stockholm bomber trained in Iraq: official

Fri, 07 Jan 2011 16:58:00 +0100

Three months before the bomb blasts in Stockholm last month, the suicide bomber trained in Mosul in Iraq and learned how to make bombs, the director of the fight against terrorism in Iraq said on Friday.