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>