Swedish authorities Sunday officially designated a Saturday night bombing in Stockholm, which left one dead and two injured, as a terrorist attack, dpa reported.
We regard this as very serious. We are taking all precautions," said Anders Thornberg, a police official, during a press conference called in the wake of the attacks.
Details of the attack remain unclear. Initially, a car exploded at the intersection of Drottninggatan and Olof Palmes Gata streets. A second blast then went off in the nearby street of Bryggargatan, where a man's body was discovered.
Authorities have not yet released the dead man's identity, pending notification of relatives. There is speculation that the deceased might have been a suicide bomber whose explosive detonated prematurely.
Sweden's national Security Police force announced Sunday that they would be heading the investigation. They promised a visible police presence and urged people to contact authorities with any information.
Stockholm police reported that they had gathered solid forensic evidence from the blast sites, which is now being analysed along with an email sent to the Security Police and news organizations 10 minutes prior to the attacks.
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