UPDATED: Two explosions on Drottninggatan Street in downtown Stockholm has left one person dead and another injured.
According to the Swedish news agency TT they received an email that warned of a threat to both Sweden and its people just before the blasts. The news agency also said the email threat linked to the presence of Sweden presence in Afghanistan. Sweden has approximately 500 soldiers in Afghanistan, most of them in the northern part of the country.
It’s too early to speculate if these two separate explosions, the first one at the intersection of Drottinggaten and Olof Palmes Gata and the second, occurring approximately 5 minutes later at Drottninggatan and Bryggargatan streets were accidental or intentional, according to Swedish police spokesman Petra Sjolander.
But it's being reported on several news sites that the victim is suspected to be a suicide bomber.
Two people were injured in the incident as a car exploded several times near a crowded shopping district. According to Sjolander, it’s possible that some type of gas tubes were responsible for the multiple explosions.
Sjolander also stated that the police have no knowledge of what caused the second explosion where one person was found dead.
"There is no risk of any further explosions as we see it and the car will now be examined," said Sjolander.
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