Islamic terrorism Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ==== Sweden ==== {{Main|Terrorism in Sweden}} {{#section-h:Terrorism in Sweden|Islamic terrorism}} ===== Islamic terror attacks in Sweden ===== In 2010, Taimour Abdulwahab al-Abdaly, an [[Swedish Iraqis|Iraqi-born Swedish]] citizen, attempted to kill Christmas shoppers in Stockholm in the [[2010 Stockholm bombings]]. According to investigations by [[Federal Bureau of Investigation|FBI]], the bombing would likely have killed between 30 and 40 people had it succeeded, and it is thought that al-Abdaly operated with a network.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.svd.se/bomben-skulle-ha-dodat-40-personer|title=Bomben skulle ha dödat 40 personer|date=5 December 2011|work=Svenska Dagbladet|language=sv}}</ref> In April 2017 Rakhmat Akilov, a 39-year-old rejected [[asylum seeker]] born in the [[Soviet Union]] and a citizen of [[Uzbekistan]], drove a truck down a pedestrian area in Stockholm and killed five people and injured dozens of others in the [[2017 Stockholm truck attack]]. He has expressed sympathy with extremist organizations, among them the [[Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant]] (ISIL).<ref name=":02">[https://www.reuters.com/article/us-sweden-attack-idUSKBN17B089 "Uzbek suspect in Swedish attack sympathized with Islamic State: police"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170520192306/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-sweden-attack-idUSKBN17B089|date=20 May 2017}}. [[Reuters]]. 10 April 2017. Retrieved 12 April 2017.</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page