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The Islamic State on Thursday used one of its channels on the messaging platform Telegram to claim responsibility for the bombings in Iran that killed almost a hundred people at a ceremony to honor terrorist mastermind Qassem Soleimani.

The Stockholm region, a formerly relatively peaceful area, saw five major violent incidents Thursday, including bombings and shootings.

A far-left extremist group has taken credit for the attempted bombing of the home of a Greek police officer that took place in March,

Far-left extremists have taken credit for toppling a statue in the German city of Dresden that was dedicated to the civilians who died during the firebombings of the city during the Second World War. The group “Autonomous Action Group Dresden

Sweden has seen over 80 explosions take place in various parts of the country, a number far greater than any of its neighbours. 

MOSCOW (AP) – A homemade bomb detonated in a school attached to an Orthodox convent has wounded 12 people, including a 15-year-old, Russian authorities were reported as saying said Monday.

A major explosion did damage to a residential building in the multicultural city of Malmö on early Wednesday morning, with police suspecting the explosion may have been caused by a bomb.

An explosion at an apartment building in the Swedish city of Gothenburg has left 23 people injured, four of them seriously, with some theorising the bombing may have links to gang crime.

ISIS-K has claimed responsibility for a series of deadly bombings that killed or injured more than 35 Taliban fighters in eastern Afghanistan over the weekend, Fox News reported Monday.

Leader of the populist Sweden Democrats (SD) Jimmie Åkesson has claimed Sweden is in a “war-like state” and that the socialist government has “imported” crime and unemployment.

A powerful explosion rocked a residential building in Höganäs, Skåne County, in the early hours of Tuesday, smashing 60 windows and causing damage to 40 apartments.

The Swedish capital city of Stockholm saw a record number of explosions and bombings in 2020 despite the Chinese coronavirus pandemic, according to police statistics.

Swedish police chief Sven Holgersson, who serves as area manager of the city of Helsingborg, has claimed that as many as 98 per cent of the bombings in the city are linked to drug trafficking.

Explosions rocked apartment buildings in two Swedish cities within minutes of each other this week as the problem of bombings continues across the country.

Several improvised firebombs were allegedly thrown at a local social services office in the multicultural Swedish city of Malmö this week. Police so far have no suspects in the case.

An employee of a demolition company in the Swedish county of Östergötland has been charged after police suspect he may have been selling explosive materials to gang members. The unidentified man was arrested last year along with a known member of

Swedish police in the city of Helsingborg have arrested six people following a raid on a local apartment building where explosive materials were found.

Sweden saw just seven convictions for bombings in 2019, despite there being over 250 known cases of explosions in the same year.

Earlier this month an apartment in Östermalm was rocked by a large explosion. Now investigators claim the residence was used as a centre to distribute illegal drugs to wealthy clients.

A large-scale blast rocked an apartment in the no-go Stockholm suburb of Husby early Tuesday morning, cracking a load-bearing wall.

The publicly-funded British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) has woken up to Sweden’s bombing epidemic years after Breitbart News. 

HELSINKI (AP) – Swedish police say a 15-year-old boy has died and another teenager is in critical condition after a shooting in a busy square in the southern city of Malmo.

Swedish police say that the number of explosive incidents and bombings in Sweden from January to July has increased 45 percent compared to the same period in 2018.

An explosive device described by Russian media as containing about seven ounces of TNT detonated at a supermarket in St. Petersburg on Wednesday, injuring at least ten people. One of the victims is said to be in critical condition.

After a significant rise in the number of hand grenade attacks, Swedish authorities are proposing a bill of amnesty for those willing to turn in their weapons.

Speaking to Sky News Sunday morning Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn failed six times to condemn the IRA over their bombing campaign in the 1980s and 1990s. In a wide ranging interview with Sky News’s Sophie Ridge, Corbyn was asked repeatedly to

In striking language, Pope Francis said Wednesday that those responsible for the bombardment of Aleppo—conducted for days by Syrian and Russian forces—will be called to a reckoning before God for their actions.

CNN’s Jake Tapper asked New Jersey Governor Chris Christie on State of the Union on Sunday morning about the supposed contrast between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton in their responses to the explosions Saturday in New York, editing out Clinton’s reference to “bombings” to create a false distinction.

Boko Haram jihadists are suspected of igniting two bombs in Jos, Nigeria, on Sunday, killing at least 44 and leaving another 67 wounded. One of the bombs exploded in a mosque packed with worshipers, the other in a restaurant frequented by Muslims.

A Pakistani branch of the Taliban has claimed responsibility for bombings outside two churches in Lahore Sunday morning. According to local media, the blasts killed 14 people and wounded more than 70.