Two explosions in Stockhom today....Hmmmm

[Peter Lemkin]

Two explosions rocked central Stockholm on Saturday, killing one person, injuring two others and damaging a vehicle, Swedish police said.

"One explosion happened at the intersection of Drottninggatan and Olof Palmes Gata. This was the car that exploded multiple times," said police spokeswoman Petra Sjolander.

A second explosion occurred about five minutes later, at the intersection of Drottninggatan and Bryggargatan streets, Sjolander said. A man was found dead at the scene.

"We don't know at this point what caused the second explosion," Sjolander said.

In the first incident, multiple blasts went off in a car at a major shopping district in the city that was full of holiday shoppers, according to Sjolander.

"It is likely that this was some kind of gas tubes that have caused the car to explode multiple times," she said.

Sjolander said that "we don't want to speculate" whether the explosions were intentional or an accident.

Two people at the site of the car explosion were taken to the hospital with minor injuries, she said.

"There is no risk of any further explosions as we see it and the car will now be examined," Sjolander said.


-----provocation realted to Wikileaks?----------------

[Peter Lemkin]

Two explosions rocked central Stockholm on Saturday, killing one person, injuring two others and damaging a vehicle, Swedish police said.

"One explosion happened at the intersection of Drottninggatan and Olof Palmes Gata. This was the car that exploded multiple times," said police spokeswoman Petra Sjolander.

A second explosion occurred about five minutes later, at the intersection of Drottninggatan and Bryggargatan streets, Sjolander said. A man was found dead at the scene.

"We don't know at this point what caused the second explosion," Sjolander said.

In the first incident, multiple blasts went off in a car at a major shopping district in the city that was full of holiday shoppers, according to Sjolander.

"It is likely that this was some kind of gas tubes that have caused the car to explode multiple times," she said.

Sjolander said that "we don't want to speculate" whether the explosions were intentional or an accident.

Two people at the site of the car explosion were taken to the hospital with minor injuries, she said.

"There is no risk of any further explosions as we see it and the car will now be examined," Sjolander said.


-----provocation realted to Wikileaks?----------------

Olaf Palme Gata is a highly politically significant location. It was renamed after the assassination of Palme and is at the location near to where he was assassinated. I'm hearing all kinds of non-overlapping [in fact conflicting] theories coming out of Sweden now...the Foreign Ministry and the Police differing and likely neither correct. Stay tuned. I still think this is not an "islamoterrorist" event as is now being reported. My hunch [only that] is that it is in one way or another connected to l'affaire Assange et Wikileaks.

[Peter Lemkin]

(CNN) -- A failed terrorist attack in a central Stockholm district full of Christmas shoppers could have been catastrophic, Swedish authorities said late Saturday.

Police are investigating whether two explosions in Stockholm, an e-mail threat sent shortly before the attack that mentions Afghanistan and the body of a man who was apparently killed in one of the explosions are related.

"Most worrying attempt at terrorist attack in crowded part of central Stockholm. Failed -- but could have been truly catastrophic," Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt said in a Twitter message on Saturday.

A Swedish news agency and police said they received e-mail threats against the Swedish people 10 minutes before the explosions, which killed one person and injured two others on Saturday.

"We have not taken any decision to increase the terror threat level," said Swedish Security Police spokesman Mikael Gunnarsson. "And apart from the e-mail we didn't have any other indications or threats that this would happen," Gunnarsson added.

The writer of the e-mail mentions the presence of Swedish troops in Afghanistan and a Swedish cartoonist who depicted the Prophet Mohammed, according to TT, a Swedish news wire.

The e-mails contained sound files featuring a person speaking in Swedish and Arabic, TT reported.

The sender referred to Swedish silence regarding the Afghanistan troops and the controversial cartoon by Lars Vilks that depicted Mohammed as having the body of a dog.

"Now your children, daughters and sisters will die like our brothers and sisters and children are dying," the e-mail states, according to TT.

"Our actions will speak for themselves," the person said in an audio recording attached to the email. "As long as you don't end your war against Islam and the humiliation against the prophet and with your stupid support to Lars Vilks the pig."

Swedish terrorism expert Magnus Ranstorp told CNN that he did not believe the attacker acted alone.

"This was not something where he just woke up and thought that he would blow himself up," said Ranstorp, a professor at the Swedish military academy and a former professor in terrorism studies at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland.

Police said the explosions were in a popular pedestrian shopping area.

"One explosion happened at the intersection of Drottninggatan and Olof Palmes Gata," two busy streets in central Stockholm, said police spokeswoman Petra Sjolander. "This was the car that exploded multiple times."

A second explosion occurred about five minutes later, at the intersection of Drottninggatan and Bryggargatan streets, Sjolander said.

An unidentified man was found dead at the scene of the second blast.

"We don't know at this point what caused the second explosion," Sjolander said, describing it as suspicious.

A bag was found near the body, she said.

"We had bomb technicians on site, but I can't give you any details of what they did," Sjolander told CNN.

A bomb robot rolled up to the body and removed the bag for examination, according to the Swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter.

In the first incident, multiple blasts went off in a car, according to Sjolander.

"It is likely that this was some kind of gas tubes that have caused the car to explode multiple times," she said.

Two people at the site of the car explosion were taken to the hospital with minor injuries, she said.

Video on Sweden's TV4 showed flames spewing from the car, which was parked behind several others.

The e-mail writer ended the message with a call for action "to all Mujahadeen in Europe and Sweden," TT said.

"Now is the time to strike, don't wait any longer," the message read, according to TT. "Step up with whatever you have, even if it is a knife, and I know you have more than a knife. Fear no one, fear not prison, fear not death."

TT said that it was not clear from the e-mail or the audio files if the person belongs to any specific organization.

The person claimed to have been to the Middle East and asked family for forgiveness for lying to them. "I didn't go to the middle east to work," the writer wrote. "I went there for jihad."

[Magda Hassan]

Olaf Palme Gata is a highly politically significant location. It was renamed after the assassination of Palme and is at the location near to where he was assassinated. I'm hearing all kinds of non-overlapping [in fact conflicting] theories coming out of Sweden now...the Foreign Ministry and the Police differing and likely neither correct. Stay tuned. I still think this is not an "islamoterrorist" event as is now being reported. My hunch [only that] is that it is in one way or another connected to l'affaire Assange et Wikileaks.

This is what I thought significant too Peter. May well be a message in there some where. And I think it has no more to do with Islamoterrorism than Oklahoma did.

[Keith Millea]

OK,here we go again.This is what,about the 20th big terrorist bomb plot in a row that is a spectacular failure.No hundreds killed,no widespread panic,but good to let everyone know(especially now,Sweden)that terrorism is stalking everyone.Little Ole' Sweden don't mean shit to the Jihadis....... Dark games being played here methinks.

[Peter Lemkin]

OK,here we go again.This is what,about the 20th big terrorist bomb plot in a row that is a spectacular failure.No hundreds killed,no widespread panic,but good to let everyone know(especially now,Sweden)that terrorism is stalking everyone.Little Ole' Sweden don't mean shit to the Jihadis....... Dark games being played here methinks.

I think Palau is next! :marchmellow: [Personally, I think it was just to set up the right 'atmosphere' if it was needed to extradite 'cyber-terrorist' Assange from Sweden.] :driver:

[Magda Hassan]

It could be seen as the price of being a secret NATO member. If they pull their troops from Afghanistan they wouldn't be a target. Except the US who want their pound of flesh.

[Keith Millea]

[Personally, I think it was just to set up the right 'atmosphere' if it was needed to extradite 'cyber-terrorist' Assange from Sweden.]

That's how I see it too Peter.

[Peter Presland]

Military staffer knew about attacks: report

A Swedish Armed Forces (Försvarsmakten) employee warned an acquaintance to stay clear of an area in central Stockholm on Saturday where, several hours later, two explosions went off in what is being called a terrorist attack.

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“If you can, avoid Drottninggatan today. A lot can happen there…just so you know,” the message said, according to the TT news agency.

Armed Forces spokesperson Jonas Svensson told TT on Sunday he was unaware of the message.

“I haven’t heard about this at all. Now I’m going to check out the information,” he told TT when confronted with the news.

Later the Swedish military said it was now “preparing how the issue will be dealt with”.

“The Swedish Armed Forces did not know ahead of time about the plans or the circumstances surrounding the events which have taken place. If that had been the case, (Swedish security service) Säpo, which is the responsible agency in these types of cases, would have been informed immediately,” said military spokesperson Erik Lagersten in a statement.

Swedish intelligence agencies may have known that something was in the works, Wilhelm Agrell, a professor in intelligence analysis, told TT.

[Magda Hassan]

Beat me to it Peter.
Here it is in Swedish http://www.svd.se/nyheter/inrikes/britti...804157.svd
And there was a raid in Britain related to it.