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2018-01-07 Europe

One dead after explosion outside Stockholm subway station

[TheLocal.se] A man has died in hospital after he was injured in an explosion near a Stockholm subway station on Sunday.

The explosion occurred late on Sunday morning outside the Vårby Gård station, injuring a man in his sixties and a 45-year-old woman.

"There was something on the ground that the man picked up, and then it exploded," Sven-Erik Olsson of the Stockholm police told the TT news agency.

The man died in hospital in the early afternoon, the police announced on their website.

Stockholm's police force have said the man was unlikely to have been purposely targeted by whoever left the explosive at the station.
The Aftonbladet newspaper reported that the blast was from was a hand grenade, though this remains unconfirmed by police, who said it's too early to comment on the matter.

The subway station and the nearby square have since been closed to the public as police and bomb squads investigate the scene.

The Vårby Gård station is on the Red Line (Röda linjen) on the way to Norsberg in Stockholm's south west.

Posted by Frank G 2018-01-07 09:08|| || Front Page|| [11132 views ] Top

#1 One doesn’t accidentally lose a grenade while passing through public spaces, nor is a grenade the kind of thing most boys keep in their pockets. But the Swedes aren’t likely to admit this is jihad unless the owner of the thing is a proved member of ISIS or another jihadi group, with a signed and sealed photo ID to prove it. To admit even the possblity would be antisocially racist, no matter how many of their womenfolk are raped.

Posted by trailing wife 2018-01-07 10:44|| 2018-01-07 10:44|| Front Page Top

#2 Stockholm's police force have said the man was unlikely to have been purposely targeted by whoever left the explosive at the station.

Not that guy in particular, but from the little bit that I know about hand grenades, they are fairly inert unless deliberately armed.

Posted by SteveS 2018-01-07 11:02|| 2018-01-07 11:02|| Front Page Top

#3 ...I am being told by a reliable acquaintance in Sweden that apparently the criminal class there has taken to using grenades in all manner of crime. Sadly, the Swedish police are apparently more interested in assuring the populace that this has nothing to do with terrorism than actually finding out where the goddamned grenades are coming from.

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2018-01-07 17:35|| 2018-01-07 17:35|| Front Page Top

#4 Pappy would say it was a motorcycle gang.

Posted by Skidmark 2018-01-07 17:40|| 2018-01-07 17:40|| Front Page Top

#5 Why a motorcycle gang, Skidmore?

Posted by trailing wife 2018-01-07 19:24|| 2018-01-07 19:24|| Front Page Top

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