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Old 12-11-2010, 16:12   #1
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Stockholm Blasts Kill One And Injures Two

BBC reports one person has been killed and two others injured as two explosions rocked the centre Stockholm, the Swedish capital.

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Stockholm Blasts Kill One And Injures Two
BBC, 11 Dec 2010

A car blew up near the busy shopping street of Drottninggatan, and another explosion hit nearby minutes later.

A man's body was discovered after the second blast.

A police spokeswoman, Petra Sjolander, said the car contained gas canisters and that the cause of the explosions was being investigated.

She said the car caught fire "following a series of explosions which could be those of gas canisters" inside the vehicle.

Ms Sjolander said it was unclear if the two blasts were linked.

"I can't confirm that the death is linked to the car explosion, but I can't rule it out either," AFP news agency quoted her as saying.

The identities of the victims have not been released.

A former employee of the Associated Press news agency, Gabriel Gabiro, was close to the second blast.

"I saw some people crying, perhaps from the shock," he told the agency.

"There was a man lying on the ground with blood coming out in the area of his belly, and with his personal belongings scattered around him."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-11977524
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