14/03/2011

Sweden Suicide Bomber Charged

A 30-year-old man arrested in Scotland for a suicide bombing in Stockholm has been charged.

The foreign national, who has not been named, was charged with Terrorism offences.

Last Tuesday, Strathclyde Police arrested the man following a raid in the Whiteinch area of Glasgow.

On Monday afternoon the man is expected to appear at Glasgow Sheriff Court.

Two people were injured in the two blasts which took place in Stockholm in December. A man with an explosive device was later found dead.

(BMcN/GK)

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