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Stockholm metro explosion: Injuries reported after blast in Sweden capital Stockholm metro explosion: One killed and another injured after blast in Sweden capital
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Two people have been injured in an explosion outside a metro station in Stockholm, Sweden, authorities said. One man has been killed and a woman injured in an explosion outside a metro station in Stockholm, Sweden, authorities said.
Police said a 60-year-old man picked something off the ground which then detonated outside the Varby Gard underground station. Police said a man in his 60s sustained fatal injuries after he picked something off the ground which then detonated outside the Varby Gard underground station in Huddinge.
The man and a 45-year-old woman have been taken to hospital, police told Swedish news agency TT. He was said to be in a serious condition. The man was rushed to hospital while a woman, in her mid-40s, received "minor wounds" to her face and both legs.
The object the man picked up from the ground may have been a hand grenade, the Aftonbladet newspaper reported, though this is unconfirmed. "The man was seriously hurt injured after he picked up something from the ground and this device exploded," a spokesman for Stockholm police, Sven-Erik Olsson said.
"I heard a huge bang," a local resident told the newspaper. He added that experts were examining the object.
Swedish tabloids Aftonbladet and Expressen claimed the object may have been a hand grenade, but Mr Olsson dismissed the report as speculation. 
"I heard a huge bang," a local resident told Aftonbladet.
Lars-Ake Stevelind, a rescue official, told Swedish broadcaster SVT "someone has used some type of explosive material" for the object and police are investigating it. Lars-Ake Stevelind, a rescue official, told Swedish broadcaster SVT "someone has used some type of explosive material" for the object and police are investigating it. 
Police said the station and surrounding area have been cordoned off while a bomb disposal squad carry out checks.Police said the station and surrounding area have been cordoned off while a bomb disposal squad carry out checks.
A spokesman said there was no reason to believe the explosion was terror-related.  Police were initially investigating the explosion as an attempted murder, but later said there is no reason to believe the couple was targeted.
The underground station and an adjacent square were closed while police carry out checks, they said in a statement. Mr Olsson said nothing has indicated the event was terror-related.
It read: "According to information, the injured man picked up an object from the ground.
"This had then exploded and hurt the man seriously. He has been taken to hospital."