Listened to the early radio news, here in snowy Stockholm: So far the police and other authorities do not divulge anything. "The explosions could be related. we don't rule anything out." And nothing from our leading politicians, except from our FM Carl Bildt, who twittered about "an attempted suicide bombing". He has now made himself unavailable and does not answer any questions according to his press-secreteray.
However, in the meantime the bloggers and the netizens have been active. The name, and personal history, of the (by now very likely) perp is available.
As I posted up-thread his name is:
Taimour Abdulwahab, 28 years old - born on the 12 December, 1981 (What a birthday.....)
He is an immigrant from Iraq. Arrived in Sweden 1992. Studied for some time in the UK. Spent time in Jordan last summer. (Note that in the Jihadi audio-file the man asks forgiveness from his family because he lied to them, when he told them he was looking for work while in the Mid-East lately. Instead he went there for "training".)
His Facebook account is full of links to religious sites. Has listed as favourites "Islamic Caliphate State" and the al Qaida-ideologue Sheikh Abu Muhammad al Maqdisi.
According to the blogger Gudmundson he also links to film clips from Muslim war zones: Chechnya, Iraq, etc, etc.
Gudmundson also found that he was active on the Muslim contact site, looking for a second wife:
"I was born in Baghdad, Iraq. We moved to Sweden in 1992. I moved to UK 2001 to study. I have Bacholar degree in physical therapy. Iam married sence 2004 and have 2 girls. One is 3.6 and the second is 1.6 years old. I want to get married again, and would like to have a BIG family. My wife agreed to this. Iam looking for a practecing muslim, sunni, love children and wants to please Allah before me. Ecenomically, am ok. I cant say am rich, but alhamdolillah not poor. When I have extra money I give for the needy. Which aswell is importat that you not going to mind that.
In the future, am looking for to move to a arabic country and settle down there...
Hope you are a strong beliver and striving for jannah, if you are. Get in touch please, wsalamo alekom"
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"Looking for a practecing girl, to join a lovely family and make it bigger. Looking for someone to accept the deen of Allah as it is and dont have anything against to be second wife. I will Inshallah be equal to both in everything. As the prophet SAW sed, merry them for their religion, family, money and beauty. I'am looking mostely for religion ... If you have one or more of what the prophet recomend, please get in touch.
JazAllah kher JazAllah kher"
And finally here is a photo of Taimour Abdulwahab while in Jordan last summer:
tooo funny...