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Stockholm metro explosion: One killed and another injured after blast in Sweden capital | Stockholm metro explosion: One killed and another injured after blast in Sweden capital |
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A man in Stockholm has died after he picked up a suspected hand grenade and it detonated, killing him and injuring his companion, Swedish police said. | |
The blast took place on Sunday at about 1100 local time [1000 GMT] just outside the Varby Gard subway station in Huddinge, a residential district in greater Stockholm, said regional police spokesman Sven-Erik Olsson. | |
The man, who was in his 60s, was rushed to hospital while a woman, in her mid-40s, received “minor wounds” to her face and both legs. | |
“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. | |
He added that experts were examining the object. | He added that experts were examining the object. |
Police said fragment damages on the victims and findings at the scene indicated the explosive could be a hand grenade, possibly an old one. | |
“We’re suspecting that it’s a hand grenade of some sort,” Lars Alvarsjo, chief of Stockholm’s southern police district, told the Swedish national broadcaster SVT. | |
Mr Alvarsjo said Swedish police have “unfortunately” noticed a rise in the use of hand grenades by criminal groups in the Nordic country. The three biggest cities in Sweden – Stockholm, Goteborg and Malmo – have seen several violent gang-related incidents in the past few years. Many of the illegal hand grenades found in Sweden are being imported from former Yugoslav nations, he said. | |
“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. | |
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. |
Police were initially investigating the explosion as an attempted murder, but later said there is no reason to believe the couple was targeted. | Police were initially investigating the explosion as an attempted murder, but later said there is no reason to believe the couple was targeted. |
Mr Olsson said nothing has indicated the event was terror-related. | Mr Olsson said nothing has indicated the event was terror-related. |
He said police were scanning and sweeping outside and inside the subway station to make sure no additional explosive devices were there. | He said police were scanning and sweeping outside and inside the subway station to make sure no additional explosive devices were there. |